ΠΕΡΙΣΠΟΥΔΑΣΤΟΣ, περισπουδαστος
PERISPOUDASTOS, perispoudastos
Sounds Like: peh-ree-spoo-DAH-stoss
Translations: very diligent, very zealous, very earnest, very eager, much sought after, highly esteemed
From the root: ΠΕΡΙΣΠΟΥΔΑΣΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something or someone that is exceedingly diligent, zealous, or earnest. It can also refer to something that is highly esteemed or much sought after due to its importance or value. It is a compound word formed from the prefix 'περί-' (meaning 'around' or 'exceedingly') and a form related to 'σπουδάζω' (to be eager, to hasten, to be zealous).
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G4021 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 19 — 4:257
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 6:23
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΡΙΣΠΟΥΔΑΣΤΟΣ.
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.
- ΠΕΡΙΣΠΟΥΔΑΣΤΟΙ — very important, very earnest, very diligent, very zealous
- ΠΕΡΙΣΠΟΥΔΑΣΤΟΝ — very important, of great concern, earnestly desired, a very important thing
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