ΠΕΡΙΣΩΘΕΙΗ, περισωθειη
PERISŌTHEIĒ, perisōtheiē
Sounds Like: peh-ree-SOH-thay-een
Translations: might be saved, might be preserved, might be rescued, might be kept safe
From the root: ΠΕΡΙΣΩΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb, formed from the preposition περί (peri, meaning 'around' or 'about') and the verb σῴζω (sōzō, meaning 'to save' or 'to preserve'). In its passive form, it means 'to be saved completely' or 'to be preserved entirely'. The optative mood suggests a wish, a possibility, or a potential outcome, often translated with 'might' or 'may'. It describes an action that could happen under certain conditions or is desired to happen.
Inflection: Aorist, Passive, Optative, 3rd Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G4061 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 15 — 6:164
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΡΙΣΩΖΩ.
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.
- ΠΕΡΙΕΣΩΘΗ — was saved, was preserved, was rescued, was kept safe
- ΠΕΡΙΕΣΩΣΕΝ — saved completely, preserved, rescued, delivered, brought safely through
- ΠΕΡΙΣΕΣΩΚΕΝ — he has saved, he has preserved, he has kept safe, he has rescued
- ΠΕΡΙΣΩΖΕΙΝ — to save completely, to preserve, to keep safe, to rescue fully
- ΠΕΡΙΣΩΖΕΤΑΙ — is preserved, is saved, is kept safe, is rescued
- ΠΕΡΙΣΩΖΩ — to save completely, to preserve, to keep safe, to rescue
- ΠΕΡΙΣΩΘΕΙΣ — having been saved, having been preserved, having been rescued, one who was saved
- ΠΕΡΙΣΩΘΕΝ — preserved, saved, rescued, survived, that which was preserved, that which was saved
- ΠΕΡΙΣΩΘΗ — be saved, be preserved, be rescued, be delivered
- ΠΕΡΙΣΩΘΗΝΑΙ — to be saved, to be preserved, to escape safely, to be rescued
- ΠΕΡΙΣΩΣΑΙ — to save completely, to preserve fully, to rescue entirely, to keep safe
- ΠΕΡΙΣΩΣΑΝΤΑ — having saved completely, having preserved, having kept safe, the one having saved, him having saved
- ΠΕΡΙΣΩΣΑΣ — having saved completely, having preserved, having rescued, having kept safe
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