ὈΛΙΓΟΨΥΧΟΣ, ὀλιγοψυχος
OLIGOPSYCHOS, oligopsychos
Sounds Like: oh-li-GOP-soo-khoss
Translations: fainthearted, discouraged, a fainthearted, a discouraged
From the root: ὈΛΙΓΟΨΥΧΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is a compound adjective formed from 'ὀλίγος' (oligos), meaning 'little' or 'few', and 'ψυχή' (psyche), meaning 'soul' or 'spirit'. It describes someone who has a 'little soul' or 'little spirit', leading to a state of being fainthearted, discouraged, or timid. It is used to characterize a person who lacks courage or resolve in the face of difficulties.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G3640 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Proverbs — 14:29
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
- ὈΛΙΓΟΨΥΧΟΙΣ — (to) the faint-hearted, (to) the discouraged, (to) those of little soul
- ὈΛΙΓΟΨΥΧΟΝ — faint-hearted, discouraged, little-souled, a faint-hearted thing
- ὈΛΙΓΟΨΥΧΟΥΣ — faint-hearted, discouraged, of little courage, a faint-hearted, a discouraged
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