ΥΠΟΔΕΙΣΑΣ, υποδεισας
YPODEISAS, ypodeisas
Sounds Like: hoo-po-DEI-sas
Translations: having feared, being afraid, fearing, having been afraid
From the root: ΥΠΟΔΕΙΔΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is an aorist active participle derived from the verb 'ὑποδείδω' (hypodeidō), meaning 'to fear secretly' or 'to be somewhat afraid'. It describes an action of fearing that has already occurred, often indicating the cause or circumstance for a subsequent action. It is a compound word formed from 'ὑπό' (hypo), meaning 'under' or 'secretly', and 'δείδω' (deidō), meaning 'to fear'.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Participle, Masculine, Singular, Nominative
Strong’s number: G5264 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΠΟΔΕΙΔΩ.
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.
- ΥΠΟΔΕΙΣΑΙ — to fear, to be afraid, to be timid, to be apprehensive
- ΥΠΟΔΕΙΣΑΝΤΕΣ — having been afraid, having feared, having shrunk back, having been terrified
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