ΑΛΙΣΚΟΝΤΑΙ, αλισκονται
ALISKONTAI, aliskontai
Sounds Like: hah-LIS-kon-tai
Translations: they are captured, they are caught, they are taken, they are overcome, they are convicted
From the root: ἉΛΙΣΚΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means 'to be captured,' 'to be caught,' or 'to be taken.' It is typically used in the passive voice, indicating that the subject is the one being seized or overcome, rather than performing the action. It can also mean 'to be convicted' in a legal sense.
Inflection: Present, Indicative, Passive, 3rd Person Plural
Strong’s number: G0251 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 6:131
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἉΛΙΣΚΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ἈΛΩΜΕΝΟΣ — caught, captured, taken, overcome, conquered
- ΑΛΟΝΤΑΣ — having been caught, having been captured, having been conquered, those having been caught, those having been captured, those having been conquered
- ΑΛΟΥΣΑΝ — having been caught, having been captured, (a) captured one, (a) caught one
- ΑΛΩΣΕΤΑΙ — will be taken, will be captured, will be caught, will be overcome
- ΕΑΛΩΚΕΣΑΝ — they had been captured, they had been taken, they had been conquered
- ΕΑΛΩΣΑΝ — they were caught, they were taken, they were captured, they were conquered
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