ΛΥΣΣΗΣΑΝ, λυσσησαν
LYSSĒSAN, lyssēsan
Sounds Like: ly-SEE-san
Translations: they raged, they became furious, they went mad
From the root: ΛΥΣΣΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes an intense state of rage or madness, often implying a loss of control. It is used to convey the idea of someone acting like a rabid animal, consumed by fury. It is a verb in the past tense, indicating that the action of raging or becoming furious has already occurred.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person Plural
Strong’s number: G3079 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 1:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΛΥΣΣΑΩ.
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.
- ΛΥΣΣΩΝΤΕΣ — raging, being mad, being furious, like mad dogs
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