ΔΡΑΣΣΟΜΕΝΟΙ, δρασσομενοι
DRASSOMENOI, drassomenoi
Sounds Like: dras-SOH-meh-noy
Translations: grasping, taking hold of, seizing, laying hold of
From the root: ΔΡΑΣΣΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a present middle/passive participle of the verb 'δράσσομαι' (drassomai), meaning 'to grasp' or 'to take hold of'. It describes an action of seizing or laying hold of something, often with the hand. As a participle, it functions like an adjective or adverb, describing the subject performing the action of grasping.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Participle, Plural, Masculine, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G1405 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 4:41
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΡΑΣΣΟΜΑΙ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΔΡΑΞΑΜΕΝΟΙ — grasping, seizing, taking hold of, having grasped, having seized
- ΔΡΑΞΑΜΕΝΟΣ — taking, seizing, grasping, laying hold of
- ΔΡΑΞΑΣΘΑΙ — to grasp, to seize, to lay hold of, to take hold of
- ΔΡΑΞΑΣΘΕ — take hold of, grasp, seize, lay hold of
- ΔΡΑΞΕΤΑΙ — will grasp, will seize, will take hold of
- ΔΡΑΣΣΟΜΕΝΟΣ — grasping, taking hold of, seizing, catching
- ἘΔΡΑΞΑΤΟ — grasped, seized, took hold of, caught
- ἘΔΡΑΤΤΕΤΟ — was grasping, was taking hold of, was catching, was laying hold of
- ΕΠΙΔΡΑΞΑΙΝΤΟ — they might grasp, they might seize, they might lay hold of
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