ΠΑΡΑΠΟΙΗΣΑΣ, παραποιησας
PARAPOIĒSAS, parapoiēsas
Sounds Like: pa-ra-poy-EE-sas
Translations: having falsified, having corrupted, having altered, having counterfeited
From the root: ΠΑΡΑΠΟΙΕΩ
Part of Speech: Participle, Verb
Explanation: This word is an aorist active participle, meaning 'having falsified' or 'having corrupted'. It describes an action completed in the past by the subject. It is a compound word formed from 'παρά' (para), meaning 'beside' or 'contrary to', and 'ποιέω' (poieō), meaning 'to make' or 'to do'. Thus, it literally means 'to make contrary to' or 'to make beside', implying a deviation from the original or true form.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine, Aorist, Active, Participle
Strong’s number: G3847 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 69:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΡΑΠΟΙΕΩ.
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.
- ΠΑΡΑΠΕΠΟΙΗΜΕΝΟΝ — falsified, corrupted, distorted, altered, a falsified thing, a corrupted thing
- ΠΑΡΑΠΟΙΕΩ — to falsify, to corrupt, to pervert, to adulterate
- ΠΑΡΑΠΟΙΟΥΝΤΕΣ — falsifying, corrupting, counterfeiting, adulterating, perverting, distorting
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