ΠΕΡΙΤΡΕΠΟΜΕΝΑ, περιτρεπομενα
PERITREPOMENA, peritrepomena
Sounds Like: peh-ree-TREH-poh-meh-nah
Translations: being overturned, being turned about, being overthrown, being capsized, being subverted
From the root: ΠΕΡΙΤΡΕΠΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition περί (peri), meaning 'around' or 'about', and the verb τρέπω (trepo), meaning 'to turn'. As a whole, it means to turn around, overturn, or subvert. It describes something that is in the process of being turned over or overthrown, often implying a state of disarray or destruction. It can be used to describe ships capsizing or systems being subverted.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive Voice, Participle, Nominative/Accusative, Neuter, Plural
Strong’s number: G4062 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 10 — 11:279
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΡΙΤΡΕΠΩ.
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.
- ΠΕΡΙΕΤΡΕΨΕ — overturned, overthrew, subverted, turned around
- ΠΕΡΙΤΡΑΠΕΝΤΟΣ — having been overturned, having been turned around, having been turned about, having been overthrown
- ΠΕΡΙΤΡΕΠΕΙ — turns, overturns, subverts, drives, turns about
- ΠΕΡΙΤΡΕΠΟΥΣΑΙ — overturning, subverting, turning around, turning about, turning over
- ΠΕΡΙΤΡΕΠΩ — to turn around, to overturn, to overthrow, to subvert, to pervert, to drive insane
- ΠΕΡΙΤΡΕΨΕΙ — overthrow, turn around, subvert, pervert
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