ΧΛΕΥΑΣΘΗΝΑΙ, χλευασθηναι
CHLEUASTHĒNAI, chleuasthēnai
Sounds Like: khleh-vas-THEH-nai
Translations: to be mocked, to be ridiculed, to be scoffed at
From the root: ΧΛΕΥΑΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is an aorist passive infinitive form of the verb 'chleuazo'. It means 'to be mocked' or 'to be ridiculed'. It describes the action of being made fun of or treated with contempt by others. As an infinitive, it often functions like 'to + verb' in English, indicating purpose or result.
Inflection: Aorist, Passive, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G5512 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 7:8
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΧΛΕΥΑΖΩ.
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.
- ἘΧΛΕΥΑΖΕΝ — was mocking, used to mock, kept mocking, was scoffing, used to scoff, kept scoffing, was ridiculing, used to ridicule, kept ridiculing
- ἘΧΛΕΥΑΖΟΝ — they mocked, they scoffed, they ridiculed
- ἘΧΛΕΥΑΣΑΝ — they mocked, they scoffed, they ridiculed, they made fun of
- ΧΛΕΥΑΖΕΙ — he mocks, she mocks, it mocks, he scoffs, she scoffs, it scoffs, he ridicules, she ridicules, it ridicules
- ΧΛΕΥΑΖΕΙΣ — you mock, you scoff, you ridicule, you deride
- ΧΛΕΥΑΖΕΣΘΑΙ — to be mocked, to be scoffed at, to be ridiculed
- ΧΛΕΥΑΖΕΤΕ — you mock, you scoff, you ridicule, you jeer
- ΧΛΕΥΑΖΟΜΕΝΟΣ — being mocked, being scoffed at, being ridiculed, being derided
- ΧΛΕΥΑΖΟΝΤΕΣ — mocking, scoffing, ridiculing, making fun of
- ΧΛΕΥΑΖΟΥΣΙΝ — they mock, they scoff, they ridicule
- ΧΛΕΥΑΖΩ — to mock, to scoff, to ridicule, to deride
- ΧΛΕΥΑΣΑΙ — to mock, to scoff, to ridicule, to make fun of
- ΧΛΕΥΑΣΑΝΤΕΣ — mocking, scoffing, ridiculing, deriding
- ΧΛΕΥΑΣΑΝΤΟΣ — having mocked, scoffing, ridiculing, of one who mocked
- ΧΛΕΥΑΣΑΣΑ — having mocked, having scoffed, having ridiculed
- ΧΛΕΥΑΣΕΙΝ — to mock, to scoff, to ridicule, to deride
- ΧΛΕΥΑΣΗΤΕ — to mock, to scoff, to ridicule, to jeer
- ΧΛΕΥΑΣΜΑ — mockery, a mockery, derision, a derision
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