ΣΤΕΡΙΣΚΕΙΝ, στερισκειν
STERISKEIN, steriskein
Sounds Like: steh-RIS-kane
Translations: to deprive, to bereave, to rob, to be deprived of
From the root: ΣΤΕΡΙΣΚΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to deprive someone of something, to bereave, or to rob. It is often used in the sense of taking away something essential or valuable from a person or group. For example, one might be deprived of food, freedom, or a loved one.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G4734 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 29:10
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΤΕΡΙΣΚΩ.
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.
- ΣΤΕΡΕΣΘΑΙ — to be deprived of, to lack, to suffer loss, to be without
- ΣΤΕΡΗΣΑΙ — to deprive, to bereave, to lack, to be in want of, to suffer want
- ΣΤΕΡΙΣΚΕΣΘΑΙ — to be deprived of, to be lacking, to be in want of, to suffer loss
- ΣΤΕΡΙΣΚΩ — deprive, defraud, rob, bereave, suffer loss
- ΣΤΕΡΟΜΕΝΟΝ — deprived, lacking, bereft, a deprived one, that which is deprived
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