ἘΚΔΥΣΩΣΙΝ, ἐκδυσωσιν
EKDYSŌSIN, ekdysōsin
Sounds Like: ek-DY-soh-sin
Translations: to strip off, to take off, to put off, to undress, to divest, to despoil
From the root: ἘΚΔΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition ἐκ (ek), meaning 'out of' or 'from', and the verb δύω (dyō), meaning 'to enter' or 'to put on'. Together, it means 'to strip off' or 'to take off' clothing, or metaphorically, 'to divest oneself of' something. It can also mean 'to despoil' or 'to plunder' someone of their possessions.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Subjunctive, Third Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G1607 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 10:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΚΔΥΩ.
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.
- ἘΚΔΥΣΑΝΤΕΣ — having stripped off, having taken off, having plundered, having divested, having despoiled
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