2001 Translation

DIASYRONTES, diasyrontes

Sounds Like: dee-ah-SY-ron-tess

Translations: slandering, reviling, ridiculing, dragging through the mud

From the root: ΔΙΑΣΥΡΩ

Part of Speech: Verb, Participle

Explanation: This word describes the act of slandering, reviling, or ridiculing someone, often with the implication of dragging their reputation through the mud. It suggests a harsh and contemptuous verbal attack. It is used to describe people who are actively engaged in such behavior.

Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Strong’s number: G1288 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 35:1

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΙΑΣΥΡΩ.

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.

• ΔΙΑΣΥΡΩ — to mock, to ridicule, to deride, to drag through the mud, to abuse
• ΔΙΑΣΥΡΩΝ — dragging through, reviling, slandering, ridiculing, mocking
• ΔΙΕΣΥΡΟΝ — they were dragging through, they were reviling, they were slandering, they were ridiculing

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