2001 Translation

SCHETLIŌTERON, schetliōteron

Sounds Like: skhet-lee-OH-teh-ron

Translations: more harsh, more cruel, more wretched, more miserable, more terrible, more grievous

From the root: ΣΧΕΤΛΙΟΣ

Part of Speech: Adjective

Explanation: This word is a comparative adjective, meaning 'more harsh' or 'more cruel'. It describes something or someone as being more severe, more wretched, or more terrible than something else. It is used to intensify the negative quality of a noun.

Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative, Comparative Degree

Strong’s number: G4978 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 19 — 1:83

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.

• ΣΧΕΤΛΙΑ — cruel, hard, ruthless, unsparing, wretched, miserable, grievous, terrible
• 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

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