ΔΥΣΑΝΑΣΧΕΤΩ, δυσανασχετω
DYSANASCHETŌ, dysanaschetō
Sounds Like: doo-sah-nah-SKEH-toh
Translations: to be indignant, to be displeased, to be annoyed, to be vexed, to be impatient, to be distressed, to be grieved
From the root: ΔΥΣΑΝΑΣΧΕΤΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes a strong feeling of displeasure, indignation, or annoyance. It implies a difficulty in enduring or putting up with something, often leading to a sense of vexation or distress. It is a compound word formed from the prefix δύς (dys), meaning 'difficult' or 'bad', and ἀνασχέω (anascheo), meaning 'to hold up' or 'to endure'. Thus, it literally means 'to be difficult to endure' or 'to be unable to bear'.
Inflection: Present, Active, Indicative, First Person Singular
Strong’s number: G1416 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:5
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΥΣΑΝΑΣΧΕΤΕΩ.
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.
- ΔΥΣΑΝΑΣΧΕΤΕΙΝ — to be annoyed, to be indignant, to be displeased, to be vexed, to be impatient, to be distressed
- ΔΥΣΑΝΑΣΧΕΤΕΩ — to be indignant, to be displeased, to be annoyed, to be vexed, to be impatient, to be distressed
- ΔΥΣΑΝΑΣΧΕΤΗΣΑΣ — being greatly displeased, being indignant, being annoyed, having been greatly displeased, having become indignant
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