ΟΛΙΣΘΗΣ, ολισθης
OLISTHĒS, olisthēs
Sounds Like: oh-LIS-thays
Translations: to slip, to slide, to fall, to stumble
From the root: ΟΛΙΣΘΑΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the action of losing one's footing or stability, causing one to slip or slide. It can be used literally for physical movement or metaphorically for moral or spiritual falling.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Subjunctive, Second Person Singular
Strong’s number: G3643 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Sirach — 9:9
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
- ΟΛΙΣΘ — to slip, to slide, to fall, to stumble, to err, to backslide
- ΟΛΙΣΘΑΝΕΙΝ — to slip, to slide, to stumble, to fall
- ΟΛΙΣΘΑΝΩ — to slip, to fall, to stumble, to slide
- ΟΛΙΣΘΑΝΩΝ — slipping, sliding, falling, stumbling
- 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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