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ΠΕΡΙΣΠΑΣΘΗΝΑΙ, περισπασθηναι
PERISPASTHĒNAI, perispasthēnai
Sounds Like: peh-ris-pas-THE-nai
Translations: to be distracted, to be drawn away, to be pulled around, to be overburdened
From the root: ΠΕΡΙΣΠΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the action of being pulled in different directions, leading to distraction, preoccupation, or being overburdened with many cares. It implies a state where one's attention or energy is divided and drawn away from a primary focus. It is often used in contexts where someone is excessively concerned with worldly matters or daily anxieties.
Inflection: Aorist, Passive, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G4049 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Ecclesiastes — 1:13
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΡΙΣΠΑΩ.
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.
- ΠΕΡΙΕΣΠΑΣΕΝ — he distracted, she distracted, it distracted, he was distracted, she was distracted, it was distracted, he drew away, she drew away, it drew away, he was drawn away, she was drawn away, it was drawn away
- ΠΕΡΙΕΣΠΑΤΟ — was distracted, was drawn away, was cumbered, was overly occupied
- ΠΕΡΙΣΠΑΣΑΙΤΟΥΣ — to distract, to draw away, to divert, the, those
- ΠΕΡΙΣΠΑΣΑΝΤΕΣ — distracting, drawing away, pulling around, distracted, having distracted, having drawn away
- ΠΕΡΙΣΠΑΣΕΙ — distract, draw away, draw around, divert, draw off, draw attention away
- ΠΕΡΙΣΠΑΣΕΙΝ — to distract, to draw away, to draw around, to divert, to be distracted, to be drawn away
- ΠΕΡΙΣΠΑΣΘΑΙ — to be distracted, to be drawn away, to be occupied, to be busied, to be pulled around
- ΠΕΡΙΣΠΑΣΘΗΣΕΣΘΑΙ — to be distracted, to be drawn away, to be pulled around
- ΠΕΡΙΣΠΑΩ — to be distracted, to be drawn away, to be cumbered, to be overburdened, to be over-occupied
- ΠΕΡΙΣΠΩΜΕΝΩ — (to) distracted, (to) drawn away, (to) harassed, (to) troubled, (to) burdened
- ΠΕΡΙΣΠΩΜΕΝΩΝ — distracted, being distracted, drawn away, being drawn away, diverted, being diverted
- ΠΕΡΙΣΠΩΝΤΕΣ — drawing around, drawing off, distracting, pulling away, pulling off
- ΠΕΡΙΣΠΩΝΤΟΣ — of distracting, of drawing away, of diverting, of drawing around
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