ΤΥΡΑΝΝΟΣ, τυραννος
TYRANNOS, tyrannos
Sounds Like: too-RAH-noss
Translations: tyrant, a tyrant, ruler, despot
From the root: ΤΥΡΑΝΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a ruler who holds absolute power, often one who has seized power unconstitutionally. While in modern English 'tyrant' carries a negative connotation of oppressive rule, in ancient Greek, especially initially, it could simply refer to a powerful ruler or monarch, without necessarily implying cruelty or injustice. It is used to describe a powerful individual in authority.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G5177 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
Codex Sinaiticus
- 4 Maccabees — 5:1, 8:2, 8:4, 8:13, 9:10, 12:2, 17:14, 17:17, 18:5, 18:20
- Job — 2:11, 42:17
- Wisdom — 12:14
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 9:1
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Martyrdom of Polycarp — 2:4
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 4 Maccabees — 5:1, 8:1, 8:4, 8:13, 9:10, 11:12, 12:2, 17:14, 17:17, 17:23, 18:5, 18:20
- Job — 2:11, 42:17
- Wisdom — 12:14
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
- ΤΥΡΑΝΝΟΝ — tyrant, a tyrant
- 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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