ΔΙΕΤΡΙΒΟΝ, διετριβον
DIETRIBON, dietribon
Sounds Like: dee-eh-TREE-bon
Translations: they were spending time, they were tarrying, they were staying, they were dwelling
From the root: ΔΙΑΤΡΙΒΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition διά (dia), meaning 'through' or 'throughout', and the verb τρίβω (tribo), meaning 'to rub' or 'to wear away'. Together, it means to rub away time, hence to spend time, to tarry, or to dwell in a place. It describes an ongoing action in the past.
Inflection: Imperfect, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G1304 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 8 — 6:160
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΙΑΤΡΙΒΩ.
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.
- ΔΙΑΤΕΤΡΙΦΩΣ — having spent, having passed, having continued, having tarried
- ΔΙΑΤΡΙΒ — to spend time, to continue, to stay, to tarry, to live, to pass time, to delay
- ΔΙΑΤΡΙΒΕΙ — spend, pass, continue, stay, remain, tarry
- ΔΙΑΤΡΙΒΕΙΝ — to spend time, to continue, to stay, to tarry, to delay, to waste time
- ΔΙΑΤΡΙΒΕΣΘΑΙ — to spend time, to tarry, to delay, to occupy oneself
- ΔΙΑΤΡΙΒΕΤΑΙ — is spent, is passed, is consumed, is worn away, is rubbed through, is delayed, is tarried, is occupied, is engaged
- ΔΙΑΤΡΙΒΕΤΕ — you spend time, you continue, you stay, you tarry, you abide
- ΔΙΑΤΡΙΒΟΝΤΑΣ — spending, passing, tarrying, staying, delaying, wasting
- ΔΙΑΤΡΙΒΟΝΤΕΣ — spending, passing, tarrying, abiding, continuing, delaying
- ΔΙΑΤΡΙΒΟΝΤΙ — spending, passing, tarrying, delaying, abiding, dwelling, consuming
- ΔΙΑΤΡΙΒΟΝΤΟΣ — spending, passing time, tarrying, delaying, staying, remaining
- ΔΙΑΤΡΙΒΟΝΤΩΝ — of those spending time, of those tarrying, of those dwelling, of those occupying themselves, of those delaying
- ΔΙΑΤΡΙΒΟΥΣΑ — spending time, tarrying, remaining, dwelling, passing time, delaying
- ΔΙΑΤΡΙΒΟΥΣΗΣ — of spending time, of tarrying, of delaying, of staying, of dwelling
- ΔΙΑΤΡΙΒΟΥΣΙ — they spend, they pass, they tarry, they continue, they remain, they delay
- ΔΙΑΤΡΙΒΟΥΣΙΝ — they spend, they pass, they tarry, they continue, they stay, they dwell
- ΔΙΑΤΡΙΒΩ — to spend, to pass, to continue, to stay, to remain, to delay
- ΔΙΑΤΡΙΒΩΝ — spending time, tarrying, dwelling, remaining, delaying, passing time
- ΔΙΑΤΡΙΨΑΣ — having spent, having passed, having stayed, having tarried, having lingered
- ΔΙΑΤΡΙΨΕΙ — he will spend time, he will continue, he will tarry, he will rub through, he will wear out
- ΔΙΕΤΡΙΒΕ — spent time, was spending time, tarried, stayed, dwelt, passed time
- ΔΙΕΤΡΙΒΕΝ — spent, was spending, passed, was passing, continued, was continuing, stayed, was staying, tarried, was tarrying
- ΔΙΕΤΡΙΒΕΤΗΝ — they were spending time, they were dwelling, they were tarrying, they were delaying
- ΔΙΕΤΡΙΒΗ — he spent time, she spent time, it spent time, he tarried, she tarried, it tarried, he dwelt, she dwelt, it dwelt, he was occupied, she was occupied, it was occupied
- ΔΙΕΤΡΙΨΑΜΕΝ — we spent, we passed, we tarried, we stayed
- ΔΙΕΤΡΙΨΑΝ — spent, tarried, stayed, passed time, wasted
- ΔΙΕΤΡΙΨΕ — he spent, she spent, it spent, he tarried, she tarried, it tarried, he passed time, she passed time, it passed time
- ΔΙΕΤΡΙΨΕΝ — spent time, tarried, remained, dwelt
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