ΔΥΣΜΑΧΩΝ, δυσμαχων
DYSMACHŌN, dysmachōn
Sounds Like: dys-MA-khon
Translations: hard to fight, hard to contend with, difficult to overcome
From the root: ΔΥΣΜΑΧΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'hard to fight' or 'difficult to contend with'. It describes something or someone that presents a formidable challenge in conflict. It is a compound word formed from the prefix 'δυσ-' (dys-), meaning 'bad' or 'difficult', and 'μάχομαι' (machomai), meaning 'to fight'.
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Masculine or Feminine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G1419 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 16:43
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΥΣΜΑΧΟΣ.
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.
- ΔΥΣΜΑΧΟΝ — hard to fight against, difficult to contend with, invincible, a hard to fight against, an invincible
- ΔΥΣΜΑΧΟΣ — hard to fight, hard to contend with, difficult to overcome
- ΔΥΣΜΑΧΩΤΑΤΟΝ — most difficult to fight, most hard to contend with, most unmanageable in battle
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