ΔΥΣΤΥΧΕΙΝ, δυστυχειν
DYSTYCHEIN, dystychein
Sounds Like: dys-TY-khein
Translations: to be unfortunate, to be unhappy, to be in distress, to suffer misfortune
From the root: ΔΥΣΤΥΧΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is the present active infinitive form of the verb ΔΥΣΤΥΧΕΩ (dystykheō). It is a compound word formed from the prefix ΔΥΣ- (dys-), meaning 'bad' or 'ill', and ΤΥΧΕΩ (tykheō), meaning 'to be fortunate' or 'to happen'. Therefore, it literally means 'to be ill-fortuned' or 'to have bad luck'. It is used to describe a state of being unfortunate, unhappy, or in distress, often due to circumstances beyond one's control. It can be used in sentences where one might say 'to suffer misfortune' or 'to be in a bad state'.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1426 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΥΣΤΥΧΕΩ.
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.
- ΔΕΔΥΣΤΥΧΗΚΕΝ — has been unfortunate, has suffered misfortune, has been in distress
- ΔΥΣΤΥΧ — unfortunate, unhappy, wretched, miserable, to be unfortunate, to be unhappy, misfortune, calamity, distress, a misfortune, an unfortunate event
- ΔΥΣΤΥΧΕΩ — to be unfortunate, to be unhappy, to fare ill
- ΔΥΣΤΥΧΗΣΑΝΤΑΣ — unfortunate, having been unfortunate, those who were unfortunate
- ΔΥΣΤΥΧΗΣΕΙΝ — to be unfortunate, to be unlucky, to fare ill, to suffer misfortune
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