ΣΧΕΤΛΙΑ, σχετλια
SCHETLIA, schetlia
Sounds Like: SKHET-lee-ah
Translations: cruel, hard, ruthless, unsparing, wretched, miserable, grievous, terrible
From the root: ΣΧΕΤΛΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something or someone as cruel, hard, or ruthless. It can also describe a person or situation as wretched, miserable, or grievous. It is often used to express indignation or a sense of something being unbearable.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Vocative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4978 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΧΕΤΛΙΟΣ.
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.
- ΣΧΕΤΛΙΟΝ — wretched, miserable, cruel, a wretched thing, a miserable thing
- ΣΧΕΤΛΙΟΣ — wretched, unhappy, cruel, hard-hearted, enduring, patient, bold, daring, a wretched one, a cruel one
- ΣΧΕΤΛΙΩΤΕΡΟΝ — more harsh, more cruel, more wretched, more miserable, more terrible, more grievous
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