ΠΑΡΑΚΡΟΥΟΜΕΝΟΙ, παρακρουομενοι
PARAKROUOMENOI, parakrouomenoi
Sounds Like: pah-rah-KROO-oh-meh-noy
Translations: deceiving, misleading, deluding, beguiling, those who deceive, those who mislead
From the root: ΠΑΡΑΚΡΟΥΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb 'παρακρούω', meaning 'to strike falsely', 'to deceive', or 'to mislead'. It describes an action of deception or misdirection. As a participle, it functions adjectivally, describing someone or something that is performing the action of deceiving, or it can function substantively, referring to 'those who are deceiving' or 'the ones who mislead'.
Inflection: Present, Active, Masculine, Nominative, Plural
Strong’s number: G3884 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 10 — 1:9
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΡΑΚΡΟΥΩ.
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.
- ΠΑΡΑΚΡΟΥΕΤΑΙ — deceives, misleads, deludes, beguiles
- ΠΑΡΑΚΡΟΥΣΑΜΕΝΗ — having struck aside, having diverted, having deceived, having misled
- ΠΑΡΑΚΡΟΥΣΑΜΕΝΟΥ — of having deceived, of having frustrated, of having misled, of having struck falsely
- ΠΑΡΑΚΡΟΥΩ — to strike amiss, to deceive, to mislead, to frustrate, to disappoint
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