ΝΟΣΦΙΣΑΜΕΝΟΙ, νοσφισαμενοι
NOSPHISAMENOI, nosphisamenoi
Sounds Like: nos-FEE-sah-meh-noy
Translations: having set apart, having kept back, having purloined, having defrauded
From the root: ΝΟΣΦΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb 'νοσφίζω', meaning to set apart, keep back, or purloin. It describes an action that has been completed by the subject, indicating that they have separated something for themselves, often implying an act of embezzlement or theft. It can be used to describe someone who has secretly taken or withheld something that was not theirs.
Inflection: Aorist, Middle Voice, Masculine, Nominative, Plural
Strong’s number: G3557 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 9 — 25:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΝΟΣΦΙΖΩ.
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.
- ἘΝΟΣΦΙΣΑΝΤΟ — kept back, withheld, embezzled, purloined, appropriated, stole
- ἘΝΟΣΦΙΣΑΤΟ — kept back, withheld, appropriated, embezzled
- ΝΟΣΦΙΖΕΣΘΑΙ — to defraud, to embezzle, to keep back, to purloin, to steal
- ΝΟΣΦΙΖΕΤΑΙ — to defraud, to embezzle, to steal, to purloin, to keep back, to separate oneself, to withdraw
- ΝΟΣΦΙΖΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ — holding back, keeping back, defrauding, purloining, embezzling, stealing, separating, withdrawing
- ΝΟΣΦΙΖΩ — to defraud, to purloin, to keep back, to embezzle, to steal
- ΝΟΣΦΙΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having set apart, having purloined, having kept back, having embezzled
- ΝΟΣΦΙΣΑΣΘΑΙ — to embezzle, to keep back, to purloin, to defraud, to appropriate, to steal
- ΦΙΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having purloined, having embezzled, having stolen, having kept back, having defrauded
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