ΥΦΑΙΡΟΥΝΤΕΣ, υφαιρουντες
YPHAIROUNTES, yphairountes
Sounds Like: hoo-fai-ROON-tes
Translations: taking away, subtracting, removing, withdrawing, stealing
From the root: ΥΦΑΙΡΕΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb 'hyphaireō', meaning 'to take away' or 'to subtract'. It describes an action of removing something from underneath or secretly. It can be used to describe physically taking something away, or metaphorically, such as subtracting a quantity or withdrawing support. It implies a removal that might be hidden or subtle.
Inflection: Present, Active, Masculine, Nominative, Plural
Strong’s number: G5259 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 3 — 10:246
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΦΑΙΡΕΩ.
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.
- ΥΦΑΙΡΕΙΝ — to take away, to subtract, to remove, to diminish
- ΥΦΑΙΡΕΩ — to take away, to subtract, to remove, to diminish, to cut off
- ΥΦΑΙΡΟΥΜΕΝΟΙ — taking away, removing, stealing, withdrawing, subtracting
- ΥΦΑΙΡΩΝ — taking away, removing, subtracting, withdrawing, stealing, pilfering
- ΥΦΕΙΛΑΤΟ — took away, removed, carried away, snatched away
- ΥΦΕΛΗΤΑΙ — take away, steal, defraud, subtract, remove
- ΥΦΕΛΟΜΕΝΟΣ — having taken away, having stolen, having withdrawn, having removed, having subtracted
- ΥΦΕΛΟΝΤΑ — taking away, removing, subtracting, withdrawing, stealing
- ΥΦΗΡΕΙ — he was taking away, he was subtracting, he was stealing, he was removing
- ΥΦΗΡΗΜΕΝΟΙ — taken away, removed, withdrawn, subtracted, diminished
- ΥΦΗΡΗΜΕΝΟΣ — taken away, removed, subtracted, withdrawn, stolen, one who has been taken away
- ΥΦΙΛΑΤΟ — took away, carried away, snatched away, removed
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