ὈΛΙΣΘΩΝ, ὀλισθων
OLISTHŌN, olisthōn
Sounds Like: o-LI-sthon
Translations: slipping, having slipped, falling, having fallen, sliding, having slid
From the root: ὈΛΙΣΘΑΝΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb 'to slip' or 'to fall'. It describes an action that has already occurred or is in the process of occurring, indicating a movement of losing one's footing, balance, or position, often unintentionally. It can be used to describe someone who has physically slipped or fallen, or metaphorically, someone who has stumbled or erred.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Masculine, Singular, Nominative
Strong’s number: G3640 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ὈΛΙΣΘΑΝΩ.
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.
- ὈΛΙΣΘΑΝΕΙΝ — to slip, to slide, to fall, to stumble
- ὈΛΙΣΘΑΝΩΝ — slipping, falling, stumbling, one who slips, one who falls, one who stumbles
- ὈΛΙΣΘΗΣΗΣ — you will slip, you will slide, you will stumble, you will fall
- ὈΛΙΣΘΗΣΟΥΣΙΝ — they will slip, they will slide, they will fall
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