ἈΦΗΡΕΘΗΣΑΝ, ἀφηρεθησαν
APHĒRETHĒSAN, aphērethēsan
Sounds Like: ah-fai-REH-theh-san
Translations: they were taken away, they were removed, they were cut off, they were deprived
From the root: ἈΦΑΙΡΈΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb describes the action of taking something away, removing it, or depriving someone of something. It is often used in contexts where something is forcibly or definitively removed from a person or place. In the provided example, it refers to the democracy being taken away.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Passive, Third Person Plural
Strong’s number: G0851 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 9 — 28:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΦΑΙΡΈΩ.
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.
- ἈΦΑΙΡΕΘΗΣΕΣΘΑΙ — to be taken away, to be removed, to be cut off
- ἈΦΑΙΡΕΘΗΣΕΣΘΕ — you will be taken away, you will be removed, you will be cut off
- ἈΦΑΙΡΕΘΗΣΟΜΕΝΟΣ — about to be taken away, about to be removed, about to be cut off, about to be taken from
- ἈΦΑΙΡΕΘΗΣΟΜΕΝΟΥ — about to be taken away, about to be removed, about to be cut off
- ἈΦΑΙΡΗΣΟΜΕΝΟΝ — about to take away, about to remove, about to cut off, about to take off, about to take from
- ἈΦΑΙΡΟΥΜΕΝ — we take away, we remove, we cut off, we subtract, we deprive
- ἈΦΕΙΛΑΝ — they took away, they removed, they cut off, they abolished
- ἈΦΕΙΛΑΤΟ — took away, removed, deprived, took from, snatched away
- ἈΦΕΙΛΟΝ — took away, removed, cut off, withdrew
- ἈΦΕΛΕ — take away, remove, cut off, abolish, put away
- ἈΦΕΛΟΜΕΝΟΙ — taking away, having taken away, removing, having removed, cutting off, having cut off
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