ΔΥΣΚΟΛΟΣ, δυσκολος
DYSKOLOS, dyskolos
Sounds Like: DYS-ko-los
Translations: difficult, hard, troublesome, hard to please, ill-tempered
From the root: ΔΥΣΚΟΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is difficult or hard to do, or someone who is hard to please or ill-tempered. It is a compound word formed from the prefix ΔΥΣ- (dys-), meaning 'badly, ill, hard', and ΚΟΛΟΣ (kolos), meaning 'food' or 'fodder', but in this context, it relates to 'being satisfied' or 'being pleased'. Thus, it literally means 'hard to satisfy' or 'hard to please', extending to 'difficult' in a broader sense. It can be used to describe a task, a situation, or a person.
Inflection: Nominative, Singular, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G1418 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΥΣΚΟΛΟΣ.
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.
- ΔΥΣΚΟΛΑ — difficultly, with difficulty, hard, difficult things, a difficult thing
- ΔΥΣΚΟΛΟΙΣ — (to) difficult, (to) hard, (to) troublesome, (to) harsh
- ΔΥΣΚΟΛΟΝ — difficult, hard, troublesome, a difficult thing
- ΔΥΣΚΟΛΟΥ — (of) difficult, (of) hard, (of) troublesome, (of) burdensome
- ΔΥΣΚΟΛΩ — with difficulty, hardly, scarcely, (to) with difficulty
- ΔΥΣΚΟΛΩΝ — of difficult things, of hard things, of troublesome things
- ΔΥΣΚΟΛΩΣ — with difficulty, hardly, scarcely
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