ΠΡΟΣΑΘΥΜΕΙΝ, προσαθυμειν
PROSATHYMEIN, prosathymein
Sounds Like: pros-ath-yoo-MEIN
Translations: to be disheartened, to lose heart, to be discouraged, to be despondent
From the root: ΑΘΥΜΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the prefix 'πρός' (pros), meaning 'to' or 'in addition', and 'ἀθυμέω' (athymeō), meaning 'to be disheartened'. It describes the act of becoming discouraged or losing one's spirit, often in response to a setback or difficulty. It implies a state of despondency or a lack of courage.
Inflection: Present Active Infinitive
Strong’s number: G0138 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 1:46
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΘΥΜΕΩ.
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.
- ἈΘΥΜΟΥΝΤΑ — disheartened, discouraged, faint-hearted, losing heart, being disheartened
- ἈΘΥΜΩΣΙΝ — lose heart, be discouraged, become disheartened
- ΑΘΥΜΕΙΝ — to be disheartened, to lose heart, to be discouraged, to be dispirited, to be sad, to be depressed
- ΑΘΥΜΕΩ — to be disheartened, to be discouraged, to lose heart, to be sad
- ΑΘΥΜΗΣΑΣΙΝ — (to) those who were disheartened, (to) those who were discouraged, (to) those who were despondent
- ΗΘΥΜΕΙ — he was disheartened, he was discouraged, he was despondent
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