ἘΜΠΟΔΙΖΕΙΝ, ἐμποδιζειν
EMPODIZEIN, empodizein
Sounds Like: em-po-DI-zane
Translations: to hinder, to impede, to obstruct, to prevent
From the root: ἘΜΠΟΔΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to place obstacles in the way of someone or something, thereby preventing their progress or action. It describes the act of creating a barrier or difficulty that stops or slows down an activity or movement. It can be used in contexts where someone is trying to stop another person from doing something, or when circumstances are making it difficult for something to happen.
Inflection: Infinitive, Present, Active
Strong’s number: G1700 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΜΠΟΔΙΖΩ.
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.
- ἘΜΠΟΔΙΖΕΙ — he hinders, she hinders, it hinders, he impedes, she impedes, it impedes, he prevents, she prevents, it prevents, he obstructs, she obstructs, it obstructs
- ἘΜΠΟΔΙΖΟΙΤΟ — might be hindered, might be impeded, might be obstructed
- ἘΜΠΟΔΙΖΟΜΕΝΟΣ — hindered, being hindered, impeded, being impeded, prevented, being prevented
- ἘΜΠΟΔΙΖΟΝΤΑΣ — hindering, impeding, obstructing, blocking, preventing
- ἘΜΠΟΔΙΖΟΝΤΕΣ — hindering, obstructing, impeding, preventing
- ἘΜΠΟΔΙΖΟΝΤΟΣ — hindering, impeding, obstructing, preventing, of hindering, of impeding, of obstructing, of preventing
- ἘΜΠΟΔΙΖΟΝΤΩΝ — (of) hindering, (of) impeding, (of) obstructing, (of) preventing
- ἘΜΠΟΔΙΖΟΥΣΗΣ — hindering, impeding, obstructing, preventing, of hindering, of impeding, of obstructing, of preventing
- ἘΜΠΟΔΙΣΑΝΤΑΣ — having hindered, having impeded, having obstructed, those who hindered, those who impeded, those who obstructed
- ἘΜΠΟΔΙΣΗΕ — hinder, impede, prevent, obstruct
- ἘΜΠΟΔΙΣΟΝ — hinder, impede, prevent, obstruct, restrain
- ἘΝΕΠΟΔΙΖΕ — he was hindering, he was impeding, he was obstructing
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