ΔΙΟΙΚΟΥΝΤΕΣ, διοικουντες
DIOIKOUNTES, dioikountes
Sounds Like: dee-oy-KOON-tes
Translations: administering, managing, governing, ruling, superintending, regulating
From the root: ΔΙΟΙΚΕΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a present active participle derived from the verb 'διοικέω' (dioikeō), meaning 'to manage a household,' 'to administer,' or 'to govern.' As a participle, it describes someone who is currently performing the action of administering or managing. It can function adjectivally, describing a noun (e.g., 'the administering ones'), or adverbially, indicating the manner of an action (e.g., 'while administering'). It is often used in contexts related to managing affairs, governing a region, or superintending a task.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Plural
Strong’s number: G1359 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 12 — 5:260
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΙΟΙΚΕΩ.
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.
- ΔΙΟΙΚ — to manage, to administer, to govern, to rule, to regulate, to superintend, to be a steward, administrator, governor, manager, steward
- ΔΙΟΙΚΕΙ — manages, administers, governs, directs, orders, arranges
- ΔΙΟΙΚΕΙΝ — to manage, to administer, to govern, to regulate, to direct, to superintend
- ΔΙΟΙΚΕΙΣ — you manage, you administer, you govern, you rule, you direct, you regulate, you conduct
- ΔΙΟΙΚΕΙΣΘΑΙ — to administer, to manage, to govern, to regulate, to conduct, to order, to arrange
- ΔΙΟΙΚΕΙΤΑΙ — it is administered, it is managed, it is governed, it is directed
- ΔΙΟΙΚΕΩ — to manage, to administer, to govern, to rule, to regulate, to conduct, to direct
- ΔΙΟΙΚΗΣΑΜΕΝΟΙ — having managed, having administered, having arranged, having governed, having settled
- ΔΙΟΙΚΗΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having managed, having administered, having governed, having arranged, having settled, having put in order
- ΔΙΟΙΚΗΣΑΣ — having administered, having managed, having governed, having superintended
- ΔΙΟΙΚΗΣΑΣΑ — having managed, having administered, having governed, having superintended
- ΔΙΟΙΚΗΣΑΣΘΑΙ — to manage, to administer, to govern, to regulate
- ΔΙΟΙΚΗΣΟΝΤΑΣ — those who will manage, those who will administer, about to manage, about to administer
- ΔΙΟΙΚΗΣΩ — I will manage, I will administer, I will govern, I will rule
- ΔΙΟΙΚΗΤΗΣ — administrator, a administrator, manager, a manager, steward, a steward, governor, a governor
- ΔΙΟΙΚΟΙΕΝ — they might manage, they might administer, they might govern, they might regulate, they might order
- ΔΙΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΑ — being administered, being managed, being governed, being regulated, being ordered
- ΔΙΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΗΣ — of the inhabited world, of the world, of the earth
- ΔΙΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΩΝ — (of) those being administered, (of) those being managed, (of) those being governed, (of) those being ordered
- ΔΙΟΙΚΟΥΝΤΙ — (to) administering, (to) managing, (to) governing, (to) superintending, (to) regulating, (to) ruling
- ΔΙΟΙΚΟΥΝΤΟΣ — administering, managing, governing, superintending, of administering, of managing, of governing, of superintending
- ΔΙΟΙΚΩΝ — administering, managing, governing, ruling, regulating, superintending
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