ΤΕΘΗΡΙΩΝΤΟ, τεθηριωντο
TETHĒRIŌNTO, tethēriōnto
Sounds Like: teh-thay-ree-OHN-toh
Translations: they had become like wild beasts, they had been made savage, they had been brutalized
From the root: ΘΗΡΙΟΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb in the perfect tense, middle/passive voice, indicating an action completed in the past with ongoing results, where the subject either acts upon itself or is acted upon. It describes a state of having become like wild beasts, implying a loss of reason or humanity and a descent into savagery or brutality. It suggests a transformation into a wild, untamed, or fierce state.
Inflection: Third Person, Plural, Perfect Tense, Middle or Passive Voice, Indicative Mood
Strong’s number: G2342 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 16 — 8:258
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΘΗΡΙΟΩ.
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.
- ΤΕΘΗΡΙΩΜΕΝΟΣ — become savage, become brutalized, made into a wild beast, a brutalized one, a savage one
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