ΔΙΑΜΕΛΙΖΟΥΣΙ, διαμελιζουσι
DIAMELIZOUSI, diamelizousi
Sounds Like: dee-ah-meh-LEE-zoo-see
Translations: they cut into pieces, they dismember, they divide limb from limb
From the root: ΔΙΑΜΕΛΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to cut into pieces, to dismember, or to divide limb from limb. It describes an action of thoroughly separating something into many parts, often implying a violent or complete division. It is used to describe the act of cutting up an animal for sacrifice or for consumption.
Inflection: 3rd Person Plural, Present, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G1248 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 3 — 9:227
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΙΑΜΕΛΙΖΩ.
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.
- ΔΙΑΜΕΛΙΖΩ — to tear limb from limb, to cut in pieces, to dismember
- ΔΙΑΜΕΛΙΣΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will be dismembered, will be cut in pieces, will be torn limb from limb
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