ΔΕΡΕΣΘΑΙ, δερεσθαι
DERESTHAI, deresthai
Sounds Like: deh-REH-sthai
Translations: to flay, to skin, to beat, to flog, to scourge
From the root: ΔΕΡΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning to flay or skin, often referring to the removal of an animal's hide. It can also mean to beat, flog, or scourge, implying a severe physical punishment. It is used to describe violent actions involving striking or stripping.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1194 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to Polycarp — 3:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΕΡΩ.
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.
- ΔΑΙΡΟΜΕΝΑ — being flayed, being skinned, being beaten, being thrashed, being scourged, being whipped
- ΔΑΡΗΣΕΣΘΕ — you will be beaten, you will be flogged, you will be scourged
- ΔΑΡΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will be beaten, will be flogged, will be scourged
- ΔΕΙΡ — to flay, to skin, to strip off, to peel
- ΔΕΙΡΑΝΤΕΣ — having flayed, having skinned, having beaten, having scourged
- ΔΕΡΕΙ — strikes, beats, flays, whips
- ΔΕΡΕΙΣ — you strike, you beat, you flog, you skin, you flay
- ΔΕΡΟΝΤΕΣ — flogging, beating, skinning, flaying, those who flog, those who beat
- ΔΕΡΩ — to flay, to skin, to beat, to flog, to scourge
- ΔΕΡΩΝ — beating, flogging, striking, skinning, flaying, one who beats, while beating
- ἘΔΕΙΡΑΝ — they flayed, they beat, they flogged, they skinned
- ΕΔΕΙΡΑΝ — they flayed, they skinned, they stripped
- ΕΔΙΡΑ — they beat, they flogged, they flayed, they skinned
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