ΣΥΛΛΑΒΟΝΤΕΣἘΣΥΡΟΝ, συλλαβοντεσἐσυρον
SYLLABONTESESYRON, syllabontesesyron
Sounds Like: soo-lah-BON-tes-eh-SY-ron
Translations: having seized they dragged, having arrested they dragged, having taken they dragged
From the root: ΣΥΛΛΑΜΒΑΝΩ, ΣΥΡΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from two separate verbs: 'συλλαβόντες' (syllabontes), which is the aorist active participle (masculine/feminine, nominative plural) of 'συλλαμβάνω' (syllambanō), meaning 'to seize, arrest, take hold of', and 'ἐσύρον' (esyron), which is the imperfect active indicative (third person plural) of 'σύρω' (syro), meaning 'to drag, pull, haul'. Together, the compound means 'having seized, they dragged' or 'having arrested, they dragged'. It describes an action where a group of people first apprehend or take hold of someone or something, and then proceed to drag them.
Inflection: Compound of: Participle (Aorist Active, Masculine/Feminine, Nominative Plural) and Verb (Imperfect Active Indicative, Third Person Plural)
Strong’s numbers: G4815 (Lookup on BibleHub), G4951 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 18:35
From the same root
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