ΚΕΧΕΡΣΩΜΕΝΟΙ, κεχερσωμενοι
KECHERSŌMENOI, kechersōmenoi
Sounds Like: keh-kher-SOH-meh-noy
Translations: laid waste, desolated, made desolate, those who have been laid waste
From the root: ΧΕΡΣΟΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a perfect passive participle derived from the verb 'χερσόω' (chersóō), meaning 'to lay waste' or 'to make desolate'. As a participle, it describes someone or something that has undergone the action of being laid waste or desolated. It functions like an adjective, describing the state of a noun, or can act substantively, referring to 'those who have been laid waste'.
Inflection: Perfect, Passive, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Plural
Strong’s number: G5505 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
- Mandate 10 — 1:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΧΕΡΣΟΩ.
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.
- ΚΕΧΕΡΣΩΜΕΝΗ — laid waste, desolate, made desolate, a desolate (land)
- ΧΕΡΣΟΥΝΤΑΙ — are laid waste, become desolate, are made desolate, are left barren
- ΧΕΡΣΟΩ — I dry up, I make desolate, I lay waste, I become dry, I become desolate
- ΧΕΡΣΩ — to make dry, to lay waste, to make barren, to devastate
- ΧΕΡΣΩΘΕΝΤΕΣ — having been laid waste, having been made desolate, having been dried up, having become barren
- ΧΕΡΣΩΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will be laid waste, will be desolated, will become dry
- ΧΕΡΣΩΘΗΣΟΝΤΑΙ — they will be made dry, they will be laid waste, they will be desolated
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