ΝΟΜΟΥΣΑΡΠΑΣΑΝΤΕΣ, νομουσαρπασαντες
NOMOUSARPASANTES, nomousarpasantes
Sounds Like: noh-MOO-sar-PAH-san-tes
Translations: having seized laws, having plundered laws, having violated laws
From the root: ΝΟΜΟΣ, ΑΡΠΑΖΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This is a compound word formed from 'νόμος' (law) and 'ἁρπάζω' (to seize, snatch, plunder). It describes someone who has violently seized or plundered laws, implying a forceful disregard or violation of legal principles. It functions as an adjective, modifying a noun or pronoun, indicating that the subject has performed this action.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Participle, Masculine, Nominative, Plural
Strong’s numbers: G3551 (Lookup on BibleHub), G726 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 14:21
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΝΟΜΟΣ, ΑΡΠΑΖΩ, appear in our texts.
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