ἈΣΧΟΛΕΙΣΘΑΙ, ἀσχολεισθαι
ASCHOLEISTHAI, ascholeisthai
Sounds Like: as-kho-LEIS-thai
Translations: to be occupied, to be busy, to be engaged, to be troubled, to be distracted
From the root: ἈΣΧΟΛΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb describes the state of being occupied or busy with something, often implying a lack of leisure or being troubled by a task. It can also mean to be distracted or to have one's attention drawn away by various concerns. It is often used in the middle voice.
Inflection: Present, Infinitive, Middle/Passive Voice
Strong’s number: G0779 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 6:23
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΣΧΟΛΕΩ.
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.
- ἈΣΧΟΛΗΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ — he will be occupied, he will be busy, he will be engaged
- ἈΣΧΟΛΗΘΗΣΟΜΑΙ — I will be occupied, I will be busy, I will be engaged
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