ΠΑΡΑΤΡΕΠΕΤΑΙ, παρατρεπεται
PARATREPETAI, paratrepetai
Sounds Like: pa-ra-TREH-peh-tai
Translations: is turned aside, is diverted, is perverted, is distorted
From the root: ΠΑΡΑΤΡΕΠΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition 'παρά' (para), meaning 'beside' or 'alongside', and the verb 'τρέπω' (trepo), meaning 'to turn'. Together, it means to turn aside, divert, or pervert. It is used to describe something or someone being turned away from a proper course or state, often implying a deviation or corruption. For example, it can describe a person's mind being led astray or a doctrine being distorted.
Inflection: Present, Indicative, Middle or Passive Voice, 3rd Person Singular
Strong’s number: G3888 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:88
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΡΑΤΡΕΠΩ.
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.
- ΠΑΡΑΤΡΕΠΕΙΝ — to turn aside, to pervert, to distort, to divert, to turn away
- ΠΑΡΑΤΡΕΠΟΥΣΑ — turning aside, diverting, perverting, corrupting
- ΠΑΡΑΤΡΕΠΩ — to turn aside, to pervert, to distort, to turn away, to avert
- ΠΑΡΑΤΡΕΨΑΙ — to turn aside, to pervert, to distort, to divert, to turn away
- ΠΑΡΕΤΡΕΠΟΝ — they were turning aside, they were diverting, they were perverting, they were distorting
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