ἘΚΔΕΙΡΑΙ, ἐκδειραι
EKDEIRAI, ekdeirai
Sounds Like: ek-DEH-rye
Translations: to flay, to skin, to strip off, to peel
From the root: ΕΚΔΕΡΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition ἐκ (ek), meaning 'out of' or 'from,' and the verb δέρω (dero), meaning 'to skin' or 'to flay.' Therefore, it means to completely strip off the skin or outer covering of something, often with the implication of violence or thoroughness. It can be used literally for skinning an animal or metaphorically for stripping someone of their possessions or dignity.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1549 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Chronicles — 29:34
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΚΔΕΡΩ.
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.
- ἘΞΕΔΕΙΡΑΝ — they flayed, they skinned, they stripped off
- ΕΚΔΕΙΡΑΙ — to flay, to strip off, to skin, to take off, to put off
- ΕΚΔΕΡΩ — to flay, to skin, to strip off
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