ΥΠΟΧΩΡΗΣΑΙ, υποχωρησαι
YPOCHŌRĒSAI, ypochōrēsai
Sounds Like: hoo-po-kho-RAY-sai
Translations: to withdraw, to retreat, to give way, to yield, to retire
From the root: ΥΠΟΧΩΡΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the action of moving back or away from a place or situation, often implying a strategic retreat or a yielding to pressure. It can be used to describe soldiers withdrawing from battle, or a person stepping aside to allow someone else to pass. It is a compound word formed from 'ὑπό' (hypo), meaning 'under' or 'from under', and 'χωρέω' (chōreō), meaning 'to go' or 'to make room'.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G5298 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 7:128
Pseudo-Baruch
- The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 13:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Judges — 20:37
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΠΟΧΩΡΕΩ.
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.
- ΤΟΝΥΠΟΧΩΡΗΣΑΝΤΑ — the one who retreated, the one who withdrew, the one who gave way, the one who yielded
- ΥΠΕΧΩΡΗΣΑΝ — they withdrew, they retired, they departed, they gave way, they yielded
- ΥΠΕΧΩΡΗΣΕ — he withdrew, she withdrew, it withdrew, he retired, she retired, it retired, he gave way, she gave way, it gave way, he yielded, she yielded, it yielded
- ΥΠΕΧΩΡΗΣΕΝ — withdrew, retired, yielded, gave way, departed
- ΥΠΕΧΩΡΟΥΝ — they were withdrawing, they were yielding, they were retiring, they were giving way
- ΥΠΟΧΩΡΕΙ — withdraw, retreat, give way, yield, retire
- ΥΠΟΧΩΡΕΙΝ — to withdraw, to retreat, to give way, to yield
- ΥΠΟΧΩΡΕΩ — to withdraw, to depart, to go away, to give way, to yield
- ΥΠΟΧΩΡΗΣΑΝΤΕΣ — having withdrawn, having retired, having given way, having yielded, having receded
- ΥΠΟΧΩΡΗΣΑΝΤΟΣ — of having withdrawn, of having retired, of having given way, of having yielded
- ΥΠΟΧΩΡΗΣΑΝΤΩΝ — (of) having withdrawn, (of) having retreated, (of) having given way, (of) having yielded
- ΥΠΟΧΩΡΗΣΑΣ — withdrawing, having withdrawn, giving way, yielding, having yielded, retreating, having retreated
- ΥΠΟΧΩΡΗΣΑΣΑ — having withdrawn, having receded, having retired, having given way, having yielded
- ΥΠΟΧΩΡΗΣΕΙΕΝ — withdraw, retreat, give way, yield, retire, depart
- ΥΠΟΧΩΡΗΣΟΥΣΙΝ — they will withdraw, they will retire, they will give way, they will yield
- ΥΠΟΧΩΡΟΥΝΤΟΣ — retreating, withdrawing, yielding, giving way, receding, of receding
- ΥΠΟΧΩΡΟΥΣΙ — they withdraw, they retreat, they give way, they yield
- ΥΠΟΧΩΡΟΥΣΙΝ — they withdraw, they retreat, they give way, they yield
- ΥΠΟΧΩΡΩΝ — withdrawing, departing, going away, yielding, giving way, receding
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