ΤΕΡΑΤΕΥΕΣΘΑΙ, τερατευεσθαι
TERATEUESTHAI, terateuesthai
Sounds Like: teh-rah-TEV-es-thai
Translations: to speak monstrously, to tell wonders, to tell marvels, to tell fables, to tell tall tales, to tell incredible things
From the root: ΤΕΡΑΤΕΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the act of speaking or telling things that are extraordinary, incredible, or even monstrous. It can imply exaggeration, fabrication, or the recounting of wonders and marvels. It is often used in the middle voice, as seen here, to mean 'to tell wonders' or 'to speak monstrously'.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive Voice, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G5089 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 3:24
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 3 Maccabees — 1:14
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΤΕΡΑΤΕΥΩ.
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.
- ἘΤΕΡΑΤΕΥΕΤΟ — he was performing wonders, he was showing signs, he was acting strangely, he was acting miraculously
- ΠΡΟΣΕΠΙΤΕΡΑΤΕΥΟΝΤΑΙ — they perform wonders in addition, they perform additional wonders, they perform wonders besides, they perform additional miracles, they perform miracles besides
- ΤΕΡΑΤΕΥΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ — performing wonders, showing wonders, displaying portents, performing miracles, acting miraculously
- ΤΕΡΑΤΕΥΩ — to show wonders, to display portents, to perform miracles
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