ὈΛΙΓΟΨΥΧΟΙΣ, ὀλιγοψυχοις
OLIGOPSYCHOIS, oligopsychois
Sounds Like: oh-li-GOP-sy-khoys
Translations: (to) the faint-hearted, (to) the discouraged, (to) those of little soul
From the root: ὈΛΙΓΟΨΥΧΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This is a compound adjective, meaning 'faint-hearted' or 'discouraged'. It describes someone who lacks courage or spirit. It is formed from two parts: ὈΛΙΓΟΣ (OLIGOS), meaning 'little' or 'few', and ΨΥΧΗ (PSYCHE), meaning 'soul' or 'life'. In a sentence, it would be used to describe a group of people who are timid or easily disheartened.
Inflection: Dative, Plural, Masculine, Feminine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G3640 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Isaiah — 57:15
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ὈΛΙΓΟΨΥΧΟΣ.
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.
- ὈΛΙΓΟΨΥΧΟΙ — faint-hearted, discouraged, feeble-minded, the faint-hearted, faint-hearted ones
- ὈΛΙΓΟΨΥΧΟΝ — faint-hearted, discouraged, little-souled, a faint-hearted thing
- ὈΛΙΓΟΨΥΧΟΣ — fainthearted, discouraged, a fainthearted, a discouraged
- ὈΛΙΓΟΨΥΧΟΥΣ — faint-hearted, discouraged, of little courage, a faint-hearted, a discouraged
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