ὈΡΡΩΔΗΣΑΣ, ὀρρωδησας
ORHRŌDĒSAS, orhrōdēsas
Sounds Like: or-ROH-day-sas
Translations: having feared, having been afraid, fearing, being afraid, dreading, shrinking from
From the root: ὈΡΡΩΔΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is an aorist active participle derived from the verb 'ὈΡΡΩΔΕΩ', meaning 'to be afraid', 'to dread', or 'to shrink from'. As a participle, it describes an action that occurred prior to the main verb in the sentence, functioning like an adjective or adverb. It indicates that the subject performed the action of fearing or dreading.
Inflection: Aorist Active Participle, Masculine, Singular, Nominative
Strong’s number: G3740 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 9:15
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ὈΡΡΩΔΕΩ.
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- ὈΡΡΩΔΟΥΝ — they were afraid, they were terrified, they were in dread, they feared
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