ΘΕΣΠΙΖΟΥΣΗΣ, θεσπιζουσης
THESPIZOUSĒS, thespizousēs
Sounds Like: thes-PIZ-oo-sees
Translations: (of) prophesying, (of) foretelling, (of) divining, (of) her who prophesies, (of) one who prophesies
From the root: ΘΕΣΠΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb 'thespizo', meaning to prophesy, foretell, or divine. As a participle, it functions like an adjective or adverb, describing an action or state. In this form, it indicates an ongoing action of prophesying or foretelling, often referring to a female individual or entity.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G2300 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 6:17
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΘΕΣΠΙΖΩ.
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.
- ΕΣΠΙΣΑΝ — they prophesied, they foretold, they declared, they decreed
- ΘΕΣΠΙΖΟΥΣΑΙ — prophesying, foretelling, divining
- ΘΕΣΠΙΖΩ — to prophesy, to divine, to declare by divine inspiration, to utter oracles
- ΠΡΟΕΘΕΣΠΙΖΩ — to prophesy beforehand, to foretell, to predict
- ΠΡΟΕΘΕΣΠΙΣΕΝ — he foretold, she foretold, it foretold, he prophesied beforehand, she prophesied beforehand, it prophesied beforehand
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