ὈΛΙΓΩΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ, ὀλιγωθησεται
OLIGŌTHĒSETAI, oligōthēsetai
Sounds Like: oh-lee-goh-THEH-seh-tai
Translations: will be diminished, will be made few, will be shortened
From the root: ὈΛΙΓΟΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning to make few, to diminish, or to shorten. In this form, it is in the future passive voice, indicating that something will be made few or diminished by an external agent. It describes a state of reduction or decrease that will occur.
Inflection: Third Person, Singular, Future, Passive, Indicative
Strong’s number: G3640 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Proverbs — 10:27
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ὈΛΙΓΟΩ.
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.
- ὈΛΙΓΩ — I make little, I diminish, I despise, I make light of, I belittle
- ὈΛΙΓΩΘΗ — to be diminished, to be made few, to be made small, to be lessened, to be reduced
- ὈΛΙΓΩΘΗΤΩ — let it be made little, let it be diminished, let it be regarded as little, let it be esteemed lightly
- ὈΛΙΓΩΣΕΙΣ — you will diminish, you will lessen, you will make little
- ὨΛΙΓΩΘΗΣΑΝ — they were diminished, they were made few, they became few, they were lessened, they were reduced
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