ΔΙΑΦΕΙΣ, διαφεις
DIAPHEIS, diapheis
Sounds Like: dee-ah-FEIS
Translations: let go, send through, dismiss, release, allow to pass, send away
From the root: ΔΙΑΦΙΗΜΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition διά (dia), meaning 'through' or 'apart', and the verb ἵημι (hiēmi), meaning 'to send' or 'to let go'. It generally means to let something go through, to dismiss, or to release. In the provided context, it functions as a participle, describing an action of dismissal or sending away.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Singular
Strong’s number: G1268 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 18:18
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΙΑΦΙΗΜΙ.
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.
- ΔΙΑΦΗΚΕΝ — sent away, released, dismissed, let go, allowed to depart
- ΔΙΑΦΙΕΝΤΑΙ — they are sent through, they are let go, they are released, they are dismissed
- ΔΙΑΦΙΗΣΙΝ — send through, let go, dismiss, release
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