ΛΗΣΤΩΝΣΥΝΕΛΑΒΕΝ, ληστωνσυνελαβεν
LĒSTŌNSYNELABEN, lēstōnsynelaben
Sounds Like: les-TON-soon-EL-ah-ben
Translations: of robbers, he arrested, he seized, he captured
From the root: ΛΗΣΤΗΣ, ΣΥΛΛΑΜΒΑΝΩ
Part of Speech: Noun, Verb
Explanation: This is a compound phrase, or two words run together without a space. It combines the genitive plural of the noun 'robber' or 'bandit' with the aorist verb 'to arrest' or 'to seize'. Therefore, it means 'he arrested the robbers' or 'he seized the bandits'. It describes an action of capturing or apprehending a group of robbers.
Inflection: ΛΗΣΤΩΝ: Plural, Genitive, Masculine. ΣΥΝΕΛΑΒΕΝ: Aorist, Indicative, Active, 3rd Person Singular.
Strong’s numbers: G3027 (Lookup on BibleHub), G4887 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 14:1
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΛΗΣΤΗΣ, ΣΥΛΛΑΜΒΑΝΩ, appear in our texts.
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