ΠΑΡΑΚΡΟΤΟΙΗ, παρακροτοιη
PARAKROTOIĒ, parakrotoiē
Sounds Like: pah-rah-kroh-TOY-ay
Translations: may deceive, may mislead, may beguile, may cheat
From the root: ΠΑΡΑΚΡΟΤΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is an inflected form of the verb 'παρακροτέω', meaning to deceive or mislead by clapping or making a noise, hence to beguile or cheat. It implies a subtle or artful deception, often by applause or flattery, to gain an advantage or to trick someone.
Inflection: Third Person, Singular, Present, Optative, Active
Strong’s number: G3866 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 5:16
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΡΑΚΡΟΤΕΩ.
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.
- ΠΑΡΑΚΡΟΤΕΙ — to clap, to applaud, to deceive, to mislead, to beguile, to delude
- ΠΑΡΑΚΡΟΤΕΩ — to clap, to applaud, to make a noise, to deceive by applause, to mislead by flattery
- ΠΑΡΑΚΡΟΤΗΣΑΝΤΕΣ — having clapped, having applauded, having struck, having beaten, having encouraged by applause, having incited by applause
- ΠΑΡΑΚΡΟΤΗΣΑΣ — having struck, having clapped, having deceived, having misled, having cheated
- ΠΑΡΑΚΡΟΤΟΥΝΤΕΣ — applauding, clapping, making a noise, deceiving by applause, flattering
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