ΔΥΣΒΑΤΟΙΣ, δυσβατοις
DYSBATOIS, dysbatois
Sounds Like: doos-BAH-toys
Translations: (to) difficult to pass through, (to) impassable, (to) inaccessible
From the root: ΔΥΣΒΑΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is a compound adjective formed from the prefix 'δυσ-' (dys-), meaning 'difficult' or 'bad', and 'βατός' (batos), meaning 'passable' or 'able to be trodden'. Therefore, it describes something that is difficult to pass through, impassable, or inaccessible. It is used to describe places or paths that are hard to traverse.
Inflection: Dative, Plural, Masculine, Feminine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G1418 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 13 — 13:375
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 16:54
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΥΣΒΑΤΟΣ.
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.
- ΔΥΣΒΑΤΑ — difficult to pass, impassable, inaccessible, hard to traverse
- ΔΥΣΒΑΤΟΝ — difficult to pass through, impassable, inaccessible, a difficult place to pass through
- ΔΥΣΒΑΤΟΣ — difficult to pass, hard to traverse, impassable, inaccessible
- ΔΥΣΒΑΤΟΥ — of difficult passage, of an impassable place, of an inaccessible place
- ΔΥΣΒΑΤΩΝ — of difficult access, of impassable places, of hard to pass through
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