ΥΠΕΡΑΣΠΙΖΩΝ, υπερασπιζων
YPERASPIZŌN, yperaspizōn
Sounds Like: hoo-per-AS-pee-zon
Translations: defending, protecting, shielding, a defender, a protector
From the root: ΥΠΕΡΑΣΠΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a present active participle, meaning 'defending' or 'protecting'. It describes someone who is actively providing defense or protection. It is a compound word formed from 'ὑπέρ' (hyper), meaning 'over' or 'for', and 'ἀσπίζω' (aspizo), meaning 'to shield' or 'to defend'. Thus, it literally means 'to shield over' or 'to defend on behalf of'. It can be used to describe a person who acts as a protector or defender.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Singular
Strong’s number: G5228 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Judith — 9:14
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Judith — 9:14
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΠΕΡΑΣΠΙΖΩ.
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.
- ΥΠΕΡΑΣΠΙΖΕΙ — defends, protects, shields
- ΥΠΕΡΑΣΠΙΖΟΝΤΑ — defending, protecting, shielding, guarding
- ΥΠΕΡΑΣΠΙΖΟΝΤΑΣ — defending, protecting, championing, guarding
- ΥΠΕΡΑΣΠΙΖΩ — to defend, to protect, to shield, to be a shield
- ΥΠΕΡΑΣΠΙΣΑΙ — to defend, to protect, to shield
- ΥΠΕΡΑΣΠΙΣΕΙ — he will defend, he will protect, he will shield
- ΥΠΕΡΑΣΠΙΩ — I will defend, I will protect, I will shield
- ΥΠΕΡΗΣΠΙΚΟΤΑ — having defended, those who have defended, defenders
- ΥΠΕΡΗΣΠΙΣΕ — he defended, he protected, he shielded
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