ΤΥΡΑΝΝΟΝ, τυραννον
TYRANNON, tyrannon
Sounds Like: too-RAN-non
Translations: tyrant, a tyrant
From the root: ΤΥΡΑΝΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a ruler who holds absolute power, often implying an oppressive or cruel leader. It is used to describe someone who governs without legal right or who abuses their authority. In ancient Greek contexts, a 'tyrant' was not necessarily evil, but simply someone who seized power unconstitutionally, though the term often acquired negative connotations.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G5177 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:11
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 11:8, 13:3
- Book Two — 6:5, 21:42
- Book Four — 9:79, 9:88, 10:11, 10:12
- Book Five — 1:11
- Book Seven — 8:14
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
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
- ΤΥΡΑΝΝΟΙ — tyrants, rulers, absolute rulers, despots
- ΤΥΡΑΝΝΟΙΣ — (to) tyrants, (for) tyrants, (by) tyrants, (with) tyrants
- 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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