ΟΛΙΣΘ, ολισθ
OLISTH, olisth
Sounds Like: OH-listh
Translations: to slip, to slide, to fall, to stumble, to err, to backslide
From the root: ΟΛΙΣΘΑΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: The word ΟΛΙΣΘ (olisth) is a truncated or root form of the verb ΟΛΙΣΘΑΝΩ (olisthano), meaning 'to slip' or 'to slide'. It describes a physical movement of losing one's footing, but is often used metaphorically to refer to moral or spiritual falling, stumbling, or erring from a correct path. It implies a gradual or unintentional deviation.
Inflection: This form appears to be a root or stem, not a fully inflected word. It would typically be inflected for tense, voice, mood, person, and number.
Strong’s number: G3641 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟΛΙΣΘΑΝΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΟΛΙΣΘΑΝΟΝΤΕΣ — slipping, sliding, falling, stumbling
- ΟΛΙΣΘΑΝΕΙΝ — to slip, to slide, to stumble, to fall
- ΟΛΙΣΘΑΝΩ — to slip, to fall, to stumble, to slide
- ΟΛΙΣΘΑΝΩΝ — slipping, sliding, falling, stumbling
- ΟΛΙΣΘΗΣ — to slip, to slide, to fall, to stumble
- ΟΛΙΣΘΗΣΟΥΣΙΝ — they will slip, they will slide, they will fall
- ΠΕΡΙΩΛΙΣΘΑΝΕΝ — slipped, slid, fell, stumbled
- ΠΟΛΙΣΘΑΝ — to slip, to slide, to fall, to stumble, to lose one's footing
- ὨΛΙΣΘΕ — slipped, fell, stumbled
- ὨΛΙΣΘΕΝ — he slipped, he stumbled, he fell
- ὨΛΙΣΘΗΣΑ — I slipped, I stumbled, I fell
- ὨΛΙΣΘΗΣΕΝ — slipped, stumbled, fell, erred
- ΩΛΙΣΘΗΣΕΝ — slipped, stumbled, fell, slid
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