ΔΥΣΠΕΙΘΕΣ, δυσπειθες
DYSPEITHES, dyspeithes
Sounds Like: doos-PEI-thess
Translations: disobedient, unpersuadable, rebellious, a disobedient thing
From the root: ΔΥΣΠΕΙΘΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something or someone that is difficult to persuade or disobedient. It is a compound word formed from the prefix "δυσ-" (dys-), meaning 'bad', 'difficult', or 'ill', and the root of "πείθω" (peitho), meaning 'to persuade' or 'to obey'. Thus, it literally means 'difficult to persuade' or 'difficult to obey'. It is used to describe a state of resistance or refusal to comply.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G1455 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 6:13
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΥΣΠΕΙΘΗΣ.
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.
- ΔΥΣΠΕΙΘΕΣΙ — disobedient, rebellious, unpersuadable, unruly
- ΔΥΣΠΕΙΘΗΣ — disobedient, unpersuadable, rebellious, stubborn
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