ΤΥΡΑΝΝΟΙ, τυραννοι
TYRANNOI, tyrannoi
Sounds Like: too-RAN-noy
Translations: tyrants, rulers, absolute rulers, despots
From the root: ΤΥΡΑΝΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to absolute rulers or despots, often implying a sense of oppressive or arbitrary power. It is used to describe those who hold supreme authority, sometimes without legitimate claim or with a tendency towards cruelty. In ancient Greek contexts, a 'tyrant' was simply a ruler who seized power unconstitutionally, not necessarily one who was evil, though the negative connotation developed over time.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Vocative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G5183 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Esther — 9:3
- Proverbs — 8:16
- Wisdom — 6:9, 6:21, 8:15
- Sirach — 11:5
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 3:3, 4:33
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 3:3
- Habakkuk — 1:10
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΤΥΡΑΝΝΟΣ.
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.
- ἨΝΤΥΡΑΝΝΟΣ — tyrannical, a tyrant, a despot
- ΤΥΡΑΝΝΕ — tyrant, O tyrant, a tyrant
- ΤΥΡΑΝΝΕΙΟΝ — tyranny, a tyranny, palace of a tyrant, seat of power
- ΤΥΡΑΝΝΙΚΗ — tyrannical, despotic, arbitrary
- ΤΥΡΑΝΝΙΚΩΣ — tyrannically, despotically, like a tyrant
- ΤΥΡΑΝΝΟ — tyrant, a tyrant, absolute ruler, despot
- ΤΥΡΑΝΝΟΙΣ — (to) tyrants, (for) tyrants, (by) tyrants, (with) tyrants
- ΤΥΡΑΝΝΟΝ — tyrant, a tyrant
- ΤΥΡΑΝΝΟΣ — tyrant, a tyrant, ruler, despot
- ΤΥΡΑΝΝΟΥ — of a tyrant, of a ruler, of a despot
- ΤΥΡΑΝΝΟΥΣ — tyrants, a tyrant, despots, a despot
- ΤΥΡΑΝΝΩΝ — of tyrants, of a tyrant
- ΤΥΡΑΝΟΙ — tyrants, despots, rulers
- ΤΥΡΑΝΟΝ — tyrant, a tyrant, despot, a despot
- ΤΥΡΑΝΟΥ — of a tyrant, of the tyrant, of a ruler, of the ruler
- ΤΥΡΑΝΩ — (to) a tyrant, (to) the tyrant, (to) a ruler, (to) the ruler
- ΤΩΝΤΥΡΑΝΝΩΝ — of the tyrants, of the rulers, of the absolute rulers
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