ΥΠΕΣΚΕΛΙΣΘΗΣΑΝ, υπεσκελισθησαν
YPESKELISTHĒSAN, ypeskelisthēsan
Sounds Like: hoo-pes-keh-LIS-thee-san
Translations: they were tripped up, they were overthrown, they were made to stumble, they were entrapped
From the root: ΥΠΟΣΚΕΛΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition ΥΠΟ (under) and the verb ΣΚΕΛΙΖΩ (to trip up, to cause to stumble). It means to trip someone up, to cause them to stumble, or to overthrow them, often implying deceit or a snare. In the passive voice, as here, it means to be tripped up, to be overthrown, or to be made to stumble.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Passive, 3rd Person Plural
Strong’s number: G5279 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Proverbs — 29:25
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Proverbs — 29:25
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΠΟΣΚΕΛΙΖΩ.
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.
- ΥΠΟΣΚΕΛΙΖΩ — to trip up, to supplant, to overthrow, to deceive, to defraud
- ΥΠΟΣΚΕΛΙΣΑΙ — to trip up, to supplant, to overthrow, to deceive
- ΥΠΟΣΚΕΛΙΣΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will be tripped up, will stumble, will be overthrown, will be made to fall
- ΥΠΟΣΚΕΛΙΣΘΗΣΟΝΤΑΙ — they will be tripped up, they will stumble, they will be overthrown
- ΥΠΟΣΚΕΛΙΣΘΗΣΟΤΑΙ — will be tripped up, will be overthrown, will be supplanted, will be deceived
- ΥΠΟΣΚΕΛΙΣΟΝ — trip up, supplant, overthrow, cause to stumble
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