ΚΟΥΦΙΣΕΙΝ, κουφισειν
KOUPHISEIN, kouphisein
Sounds Like: koo-FEE-sain
Translations: to lighten, to relieve, to alleviate, to make light
From the root: ΚΟΥΦΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to make something lighter, either in terms of physical weight or figuratively, to lessen a burden, pain, or suffering. It implies bringing relief or ease to a situation or person.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G2892 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 20:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΟΥΦΙΖΩ.
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.
- ἘΚΟΥΦΙΖΟΝ — they were lightening, they lightened, they were making light, they made light
- ἘΚΟΥΦΙΣΑΣ — you lightened, you relieved, you eased
- ἘΠΕΞΕΚΟΥΦΙΣΕΝ — lightened, relieved, eased, made lighter
- ΕΚΟΥΦΙΖΟΝ — they lightened, they were lightening, they made lighter, they were making lighter
- ΕΚΟΥΦΙΣΑΣ — you lightened, you eased, you relieved, you made light
- ΕΠΕΞΕΚΟΥΦΙΣΕΝ — he lightened, he eased, he relieved, he made lighter
- ΕΠΙΚΟΥΦΙΖΟΜΑΙ — I am relieved, I am lightened, I am eased, I am helped, I am assisted, I am comforted
- ΚΕΚΟΥΦΙΣΜΕΝΗ — lightened, eased, relieved, a lightened one, an eased one, a relieved one
- ΚΕΚΟΥΦΙΣΜΕΝΟΣ — lightened, eased, relieved, made light
- ΚΟΥΦΙΕΙΣ — you will lighten, you will relieve, you will make light, you will ease
- ΚΟΥΦΙΖΕΤΑΙ — is lightened, is eased, is relieved
- ΚΟΥΦΙΖΟΙ — to lighten, to relieve, to alleviate, to make light, to ease
- ΚΟΥΦΙΖΟΥΣΑ — lightening, making light, relieving, easing, a lightening, a relieving
- ΚΟΥΦΙΖΩ — to lighten, to make light, to relieve, to ease
- ΚΟΥΦΙΟΥΣΙΝ — they lighten, they make light, they relieve, they alleviate
- ΚΟΥΦΙΣΑ — I lightened, I relieved, I eased, I made light
- ΚΟΥΦΙΣΑΣ — having lightened, having relieved, having eased, having lifted
- ΚΟΥΦΙΣΗ — relief, alleviation, a lightening, a removal of burden
- ΚΟΥΦΙΣΘΗΝΑΙ — to be lightened, to be relieved, to be eased
- ΚΟΥΦΙΣΟΝ — lighten, relieve, make light, ease
- ΦΙΣΟΝ — lighten, relieve, ease, make light
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