ΥΠΟΣΤΡΩΣΗ, υποστρωση
YPOSTRŌSĒ, ypostrōsē
Sounds Like: hoo-pos-TROH-see
Translations: to spread under, to lay under, to spread out, to lay down, to prostrate
From the root: ΥΠΟΣΤΡΩΝΝΥΜΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the action of spreading something underneath or laying something down, often to create a covering or a surface. It can also mean to prostrate oneself, to lie down flat, or to humble oneself. In the provided examples, it is used in the context of laying down sackcloth and ashes as a sign of mourning or repentance, or prostrating oneself.
Inflection: Aorist, Subjunctive, Active, Second Person Singular or Third Person Singular (ΥΠΟΣΤΡΩΣΗΣ); Aorist, Subjunctive, Active, Second Person Plural (ΥΠΟΣΤΡΩΣΗΤΕ)
Strong’s number: G5295 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 15:4
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Isaiah — 58:5
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΠΟΣΤΡΩΝΝΥΜΙ.
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.
- ΥΠΕΣΤΡΩΝΝΥΕΝ — spread under, strew under, lay under
- ΥΠΕΣΤΡΩΝΝΥΟΝ — they were spreading, they were strewing, they were laying down
- ΥΠΕΣΤΡΩΝΥΣΑΝ — they spread under, they spread beneath, they spread out
- ΥΠΕΣΤΡΩΣΑΝ — they spread under, they spread beneath, they spread out
- ΥΠΟΣΤΡΩΝΝΥΜΕΟΙ — spreading under, laying under, strewing under, laying down, spreading out, laying out
- ΥΠΟΣΤΡΩΝΝΥΜΙ — to spread under, to strew under, to lay under
- ΥΠΟΣΤΡΩΣΗΤΑΙ — he may spread under, she may spread under, it may spread under, he may lay under, she may lay under, it may lay under
- ΥΠΟΣΤΡΩΣΗΤΕ — you should spread under, you should lay under, you should strew under
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