ΤΙΣΑΣΘΑΙ, τισασθαι
TISASTHAI, tisasthai
Sounds Like: tee-SAH-sthai
Translations: to avenge, to punish, to pay back, to take vengeance
From the root: ΤΙΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the aorist middle infinitive form of the verb 'τίω'. It means to avenge oneself, to punish, or to exact a penalty. It implies a reciprocal action, often in the sense of retribution or paying back for a wrong committed.
Inflection: Aorist, Middle Voice, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G5099 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 3:39
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΤΙΩ.
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.
- ΤΙΕΙΝ — to honor, to value, to pay, to exact, to punish
- ΤΙΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having paid, having paid back, having avenged, having punished
- ΤΙΣΕΙΝ — to pay, to pay back, to avenge, to punish
- ΤΙΣΟΜΑΙ — I will pay back, I will avenge, I will punish
- ΤΙΣΟΝΤΑΙ — they will be paid, they will be punished, they will be honored
- ΤΙΣΩ — I will honor, I will value, I will avenge, I will punish
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