ἈΘΛΙΟΝ, ἀθλιον
ATHLION, athlion
Sounds Like: ATH-lee-on
Translations: wretched, miserable, pitiable, a wretched thing, a miserable thing, a pitiable thing
From the root: ἈΘΛΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone or something as wretched, miserable, or pitiable. It is used to express a state of extreme distress, suffering, or misfortune. It can refer to a person who is in a deplorable condition or to a situation that is unfortunate.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G0001 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΘΛΙΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΘΛΙΑ — wretched, miserable, pitiable, a wretched one, a miserable one
- ἈΘΛΙΟΙΣ — wretched, miserable, distressed, unfortunate, poor, (to) the wretched, (to) the miserable, (to) the distressed, (to) the unfortunate, (to) the poor
- ἈΘΛΙΩΝ — of miserable ones, of wretched ones, of distressed ones, of poor ones
- ἈΘΛΙΩΤΑΤΕ — most wretched, most miserable, most pitiful
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