ἘΞΕΤΡΥΧΟΥΝ, ἐξετρυχουν
EXETRYCHOUN, exetrychoun
Sounds Like: eks-eh-TROO-khoon
Translations: they were wearing out, they were exhausting, they were harassing, they were destroying
From the root: ΕΚΤΡΥΧΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the action of wearing something out, exhausting it, or harassing it. It implies a continuous or repeated action in the past, suggesting that the subjects were in the process of causing something to deteriorate or be severely troubled. It can be used to describe the wearing down of physical objects or the exhaustion of people or resources.
Inflection: Imperfect, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G1626 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 9:203
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΚΤΡΥΧΩ.
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.
- ἘΚΤΕΤΡΥΧΩΜΕΝΗΣ — of being worn out, of being exhausted, of being harassed, of being afflicted, of being tormented
- ΕΚΤΡΥΧΩΣΕΙΕ — might wear out, might exhaust, might harass, might vex
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