ἘΠΤΕΡΝΙΣΕΝ, ἐπτερνισεν
EPTERNISEN, epternisen
Sounds Like: ep-ter-NEE-sen
Translations: tripped up, supplanted, ambushed, deceived
From the root: ΠΤΕΡΝΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the action of tripping someone up, either literally by striking their heel or figuratively by supplanting or deceiving them. It implies an act of treachery or cunning, often to gain an advantage over another. It is typically used in a past tense to describe an action that has already occurred.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Active, Third Person Singular
Strong’s number: G4417 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Hosea — 12:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΤΕΡΝΙΖΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΤΕΡΝΙΚΕΝ — has tripped up, has supplanted, has taken by the heel, has deceived
- ἘΠΤΕΡΝΙΣΑΜΕΝ — we have tripped up, we have supplanted, we have defrauded, we have cheated
- ΕΠΤΕΡΝΙΚΕΝ — has tripped up, has supplanted, has struck with the heel
- ΠΤΕΡΝΙΕΙ — will trip up, will supplant, will defraud, will cheat
- ΠΤΕΡΝΙΖΕΤΑΙ — you trip, you supplant, you deceive, you lie in wait for, you kick at
- ΠΤΕΡΝΙΖΕΤΕ — you defraud, you supplant, you trip up, you cheat
- ΠΤΕΡΝΙΖΩ — to trip up, to supplant, to deceive, to defraud
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