ΟἸΣΤΑ, οἰστα
OISTA, oista
Sounds Like: OY-stah
Translations: to think, to suppose, to believe, to imagine, to expect
From the root: ΟἼΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to think', 'to suppose', or 'to believe'. It is used to express an opinion, a judgment, or an expectation. For example, one might use it to say 'I think that...' or 'He supposed that...'.
Inflection: Perfect Indicative, Middle/Passive, Third Person Singular
Strong’s number: G3633 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 15 — 8:277
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟἼΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ΟἸΗΘΕΙΗ — might be thought, might suppose, might believe, might imagine
- ΟἸΗΘΕΙΣΑΙ — having supposed, having thought, having imagined, having believed, having considered
- ΟἸΟΜΕΝΟΙ — thinking, supposing, imagining, believing, considering, expecting
- ΟἸΟΜΕΝΟΙΣ — thinking, supposing, imagining, believing, considering, expecting
- ΟἸΟΜΕΝΟΣ — thinking, supposing, imagining, believing
- ΟἸΟΜΕΝΟΥ — thinking, supposing, imagining, believing, considering, a thinking, a supposing
- ΟἸΟΜΕΝΩΝ — thinking, supposing, believing, imagining, considering, expecting, a thinking, a supposing, a believing
- ὨΗΘΗΣΑΝ — they thought, they supposed, they imagined, they believed
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