ἈΠΕΔΕΗΣΑΝ, ἀπεδεησαν
APEDEĒSAN, apedeēsan
Sounds Like: ah-peh-DEH-eh-san
Translations: they lacked, they fell short, they were wanting, they were far from
From the root: ΑΠΟΔΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition ἀπό (apo), meaning 'from' or 'away from', and the verb δέω (deo), meaning 'to lack' or 'to be in need of'. In this form, it means 'they lacked', 'they fell short', or 'they were far from' achieving something. It describes a state of deficiency or failure to meet a standard or expectation.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Active, Third Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G0582 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 15 — 5:119
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 11:7
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΠΟΔΕΩ.
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.
- ἈΠΟΔΕΔΕΜΕΝΟΥΣ — bound, having been bound, tied, having been tied, untied, having been untied
- ἈΠΟΔΕΟΥΣΑΝ — lacking, wanting, deficient, falling short, needing, being in need of
- ἈΠΟΔΕΟΥΣΙΝ — they lack, they are wanting, they are deficient, they fall short
- ΑΠΟΔΕΟ — I am lacking, I am wanting, I am in need, I am deficient, I am behind, I am inferior
- ΑΠΟΔΕΟΙ — to be wanting, to be lacking, to be deficient, to be in need, to be absent, to be behind, to be wanting (of), to be lacking (of)
- ΑΠΟΔΕΟΝΤΑ — fitting, proper, due, what is needed, what is required
- ΑΠΟΔΕΟΝΤΑΣ — lacking, wanting, being deficient, being in need of, being wanting in, being behind
- ΑΠΟΔΕΟΝΤΕΣ — lacking, being deficient, being in need, being wanting, being absent, being due
- ΑΠΟΔΕΟΥΣΑ — lacking, wanting, needing, being deficient, being in need of
- ΑΠΟΔΕΟΥΣΑΝ — lacking, wanting, being deficient, being in need of, being absent, being away
- ΑΠΟΔΕΩ — to bind off, to tie off, to be bound, to be tied, to be lacking, to be wanting, to be deficient
- ΑΠΟΔΕΩΝ — lacking, wanting, being deficient, being in need of
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