ἘΜΠΟΔΙΖΟΝΤΩΝ, ἐμποδιζοντων
EMPODIZONTŌN, empodizontōn
Sounds Like: em-po-DI-zon-ton
Translations: (of) hindering, (of) impeding, (of) obstructing, (of) preventing
From the root: ἘΜΠΟΔΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a present active participle, meaning 'hindering' or 'impeding'. It is a compound word formed from 'ἐν' (in), 'πούς' (foot), and the verb suffix '-ίζω', literally meaning 'to put a foot in the way' or 'to shackle the feet'. It describes an action of placing an obstacle or hindrance in someone's path, preventing them from moving forward or accomplishing something. It is used to refer to those who are actively engaged in the act of hindering or obstructing.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Genitive, Plural, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G1700 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 2:5
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
- ἘΜΠΟΔΙΖΕΙΝ — to hinder, to impede, to obstruct, to prevent
- 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
- 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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