2001 Translation

APOSOBEIN, aposobein

Sounds Like: ah-po-so-BEIN

Translations: to drive away, to scare away, to ward off

From the root: ΑΠΟΣΟΒΕΩ

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: This verb means to drive something away, to scare it off, or to ward it off. It implies an action of causing something to retreat or depart, often with force or a deterrent effect. It is a compound word formed from the preposition ἀπό (apo), meaning 'from' or 'away from', and the verb σοβέω (sobeō), meaning 'to scare' or 'to drive'.

Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive

Strong’s number: G0650 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 18 — 6:174

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΠΟΣΟΒΕΩ.

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.

• ΑΠΟΣΟΒΕΙ — he drives away, she drives away, it drives away, he scares away, she scares away, it scares away
• ΑΠΟΣΟΒΕΩ — to drive away, to scare away, to repel, to ward off
• ΑΠΟΣΟΒΩΝ — driving away, warding off, repelling, scaring away

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