ΣΚΛΗΡΑΓΩΓΗΣΑΣ, σκληραγωγησας
SKLĒRAGŌGĒSAS, sklēragōgēsas
Sounds Like: sklay-rah-goh-GAY-sas
Translations: having endured hardship, having suffered hardship, having been hardened
From the root: ΣΚΛΗΡΑΓΩΓΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from two parts: σκληρός (sklēros), meaning 'hard' or 'harsh', and ἀγωγός (agōgos), related to ἄγω (agō), meaning 'to lead' or 'to bring'. Together, it means to lead a hard life, to endure hardship, or to be disciplined through difficulty. As a participle, it describes someone who has already undergone or endured such hardship.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Participle, Masculine, Singular, Nominative
Strong’s number: G4648 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 2:11
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΚΛΗΡΑΓΩΓΕΩ.
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- ΣΚΛΗΡΑΓΩΓΕΙΝ — to endure hardship, to suffer affliction, to be disciplined, to harden oneself, to train rigorously
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