ΥΠΕΡΘΕΣΙΣ, υπερθεσις
YPERTHESIS, yperthesis
Sounds Like: hoo-per-THEH-sis
Translations: delay, postponement, deferment
From the root: ΥΠΕΡΘΕΣΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is a compound noun formed from the preposition ΥΠΕΡ (hyper, meaning 'over' or 'beyond') and the noun ΘΕΣΙΣ (thesis, meaning 'a placing' or 'a setting'). It refers to the act of placing something beyond its due time, thus signifying a delay, postponement, or deferment. It is used to describe a situation where an action or event is put off until a later time.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5244 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΠΕΡΘΕΣΙΣ.
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.
- ΥΠΕΡΘΕΣΕΙ — delay, postponement, a delay, a postponement, (to) delay, (to) postponement
- ΥΠΕΡΘΕΣΕΩΣ — (of) delay, (of) postponement, (of) procrastination
- ΥΠΕΡΘΕΣΙΝ — delay, postponement, a delay, a postponement
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