ΤΥΡΑΝΝΕΙΝ, τυραννειν
TYRANNEIN, tyrannein
Sounds Like: too-ran-NEH-een
Translations: to be a tyrant, to rule tyrannically, to exercise tyrannical power, to reign
From the root: ΤΥΡΑΝΝΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning to act as a tyrant or to rule with absolute and often oppressive power. It describes the exercise of tyrannical authority, implying a forceful or despotic form of governance. It can be used in sentences to describe someone who holds or seeks to hold power in an authoritarian manner.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G5171 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 22:6
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 58:302
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΤΥΡΑΝΝΕΩ.
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.
- ἘΤΥΡΑΝΝΗΣΕΝ — he reigned as a tyrant, he ruled tyrannically, he exercised arbitrary power, he was a tyrant
- ΤΟΥΤΥΡΑΝΝΕΙΝ — to tyrannize, to be a tyrant, of tyrannizing, of being a tyrant
- ΤΥΡΑΝΝΕΙ — he/she/it reigns as a tyrant, he/she/it exercises tyrannical power, he/she/it oppresses
- ΤΥΡΑΝΝΕΙΣΘΑΙ — to be tyrannized, to be ruled by a tyrant, to be oppressed, to be subjected to tyranny
- ΤΥΡΑΝΝΗΘΗΝΑΙ — to be tyrannized, to be ruled tyrannically, to be oppressed, to be enslaved
- ΤΥΡΑΝΝΗΣΑΝΤΩΝ — of those who had been tyrants, of those who had tyrannized, of those who had reigned tyrannically
- ΤΥΡΑΝΝΗΣΕΙΣ — you will rule as a tyrant, you will tyrannize, you will reign tyrannically
- ΤΥΡΑΝΝΗΣΗΣ — you may rule, you may reign, you may tyrannize, you may be a tyrant
- ΤΥΡΑΝΝΟΥΜΕΝΟΙ — being tyrannized, being oppressed, being ruled by a tyrant, those being oppressed
- ΤΥΡΑΝΝΟΥΜΕΝΟΙΣ — (to) those being tyrannized, (to) those being oppressed, (to) the tyrannized, (to) the oppressed
- ΤΥΡΑΝΝΟΥΝΤΑ — tyrannizing, ruling as a tyrant, exercising absolute power, one who tyrannizes, him who tyrannizes
- ΤΥΡΑΝΝΟΥΝΤΩΝ — (of) those who rule as tyrants, (of) those who tyrannize, (of) tyrants, (of) those exercising tyrannical power
- ΤΥΡΑΝΝΟΥΣΙΝ — they rule, they reign, they exercise dominion, they act as tyrants
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