ΟἸΚΤΙΣΤΩ, οἰκτιστω
OIKTISTŌ, oiktistō
Sounds Like: oyk-TIS-toh
Translations: most miserable, most pitiable, most wretched
From the root: ΟΙΚΤΙΡΩ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'most miserable' or 'most pitiable.' It is the superlative form of the adjective 'οἰκτρός' (oiktros), meaning 'pitiable' or 'wretched.' It describes something or someone in the most unfortunate or deplorable state, often evoking pity or compassion. It is typically used to emphasize the extreme degree of misery or wretchedness.
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Masculine or Neuter, Superlative
Strong’s number: G3628 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 8:27
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 9:28
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟΙΚΤΙΡΩ.
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.
- ΟΙΚΤΙΡΕΙ — to have compassion, to pity, to show mercy, to feel pity, to feel compassion
- ΟΙΚΤΙΡΗΣΑΙ — to have compassion, to pity, to show mercy
- ΟΙΚΤΙΡΗΣΕΙ — he will have mercy, he will show compassion, he will pity
- ΟΙΚΤΙΡΗΣΕΙΣ — you will have mercy, you will pity, you will show compassion
- ΟΙΚΤΙΡΗΣΟΝ — have mercy, show compassion, pity
- ΟΙΚΤΙΡΗΣΩ — I will have compassion, I will pity, I will show mercy
- ΟΙΚΤΙΡΙ — to have pity, to show mercy, to have compassion, to feel pity, to be merciful
- ΟΙΚΤΙΡΟΜΑΙ — I have compassion, I pity, I show mercy, I feel pity
- ΟΙΚΤΙΡΟΥΣΙΝ — they have compassion, they pity, they show mercy
- ΟΙΚΤΙΡΩ — to have compassion, to pity, to show mercy, to feel pity
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