ΕΚΔΕΡΩ, εκδερω
EKDERŌ, ekderō
Sounds Like: ek-DEH-roh
Translations: to flay, to skin, to strip off
From the root: ΕΚΔΕΡΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to strip off skin or clothing, to flay, or to peel. It is a compound word formed from the preposition 'εκ' (ek), meaning 'out of' or 'from', and the verb 'δερω' (dero), meaning 'to skin' or 'to flay'. It describes the action of removing something from the surface of another, often with force.
Inflection: First person singular, Present Indicative, Active Voice
Strong’s number: G1562 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΚΔΕΡΩ.
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.
- ἘΚΔΕΙΡΑΙ — to flay, to skin, to strip off, to peel
- ἘΞΕΔΕΙΡΑΝ — they flayed, they skinned, they stripped off
- ΕΚΔΕΙΡΑΙ — to flay, to strip off, to skin, to take off, to put off
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