ἈΛΙΤΗΡΙΟΥΣ, ἀλιτηριους
ALITĒRIOUS, alitērious
Sounds Like: ah-li-TEE-ree-oos
Translations: wicked, villainous, criminal, a wicked person, a villain, a criminal
From the root: ἈΛΙΤΗΡΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word describes someone who is wicked, villainous, or criminal. It can be used as an adjective to describe a person or act, or as a noun referring to a wicked person or villain. It implies a sense of defilement or pollution, often associated with moral corruption or guilt.
Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G0251 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 12:23
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΛΙΤΗΡΙΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΛΙΤΗΡΙΟΙΣ — (to) wicked persons, (to) scoundrels, (to) villains, (to) accursed ones
- ἈΛΙΤΗΡΙΟΣ — wicked, criminal, accursed, a wicked person, a criminal
- ἈΛΙΤΗΡΙΟΥ — of a wicked person, of a scoundrel, of a villain, of a wretch, of a criminal
- ἈΛΙΤΗΡΙΩΝ — of a wicked person, of a scoundrel, of a villain, of a criminal, of a sinner, of a defiler, of a polluted person, of a wicked thing, of a scoundrelly thing, of a villainous thing, of a criminal thing, of a sinful thing, of a defiling thing, of a polluted thing
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