ΠΑΡΕΤΡΕΠΟΝ, παρετρεπον
PARETREPON, paretrepon
Sounds Like: pa-reh-TREH-pon
Translations: they were turning aside, they were diverting, they were perverting, they were distorting
From the root: ΠΑΡΑΤΡΕΠΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to turn aside, divert, or pervert. It describes the action of causing someone or something to deviate from a straight course, a proper path, or a correct understanding. It can imply a physical turning away or a moral/intellectual distortion. In the given form, it is an imperfect tense, indicating an ongoing or repeated action in the past.
Inflection: Third Person, Plural, Imperfect, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G3962 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 18 — 6:231
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
- ΠΑΡΑΤΡΕΠΕΤΑΙ — is turned aside, is diverted, is perverted, is distorted
- 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
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