ΥΦΟΡΑΣΘΑΙ, υφορασθαι
YPHORASTHAI, yphorasthai
Sounds Like: yoo-fo-RAH-sthai
Translations: to suspect, to be suspicious of, to fear, to apprehend, to be afraid of
From the root: ΥΦΟΡΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a verb meaning 'to suspect' or 'to fear'. It is often used in the middle voice, implying a personal feeling of suspicion or apprehension. It is a compound word formed from 'ὑπό' (hypo), meaning 'under' or 'secretly', and 'ὁράω' (horaō), meaning 'to see'. Thus, it literally means 'to see secretly' or 'to see from underneath', leading to the sense of suspicion or apprehension.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G5298 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 131:5
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΦΟΡΑΩ.
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.
- ΥΦΟΡΑΣΕΙ — to suspect, to be suspicious, to be apprehensive, to be afraid, to fear
- ΥΦΟΡΑΩ — to suspect, to be suspicious, to have a suspicion, to perceive secretly, to observe secretly, to look askance at
- ΥΦΟΡΩΜΕΝΑΙ — suspecting, having suspicion, being suspicious, being apprehensive, being afraid, fearing, regarding with suspicion, looking askance at
- ΥΦΟΡΩΜΕΝΗ — suspecting, being suspected, being regarded with suspicion, being viewed with suspicion, being looked at askance
- ΥΦΟΡΩΜΕΝΟΙ — suspecting, being suspicious, distrusting, being distrustful, viewing with suspicion, regarding with distrust
- ΥΦΟΡΩΜΕΝΟΝ — suspecting, having suspected, being suspected, having been suspected, fearing, having feared, being feared, having been feared
- ΥΦΟΡΩΜΕΝΟΣ — suspecting, fearing, being suspicious, being afraid, having a suspicion, having a fear
- ΥΦΟΡΩΜΕΝΟΥΣ — those being suspected, those being regarded with suspicion, those being foreseen
- ΥΦΩΡΑΤΟ — was suspected, was observed, was seen from below, was watched
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