2001 Translation

KAKOISESŌPHRONIZONTO, kakoisesōphronizonto

Sounds Like: kah-KOIS-eh-SOH-froh-NEE-zon-toh

Translations: they were disciplined by evils, they were brought to their senses by evils, they were chastened by evils

From the root: ΣΩΦΡΟΝΙΖΩ

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: This is a compound word formed from the dative plural of the adjective ΚΑΚΟΣ (kakos), meaning 'bad' or 'evil,' and the verb ἘΣΩΦΡΟΝΙΖΟΝΤΟ (esōphronizonto), which means 'they were disciplined' or 'they were brought to their senses.' The combined word indicates that someone was disciplined, chastened, or brought to their senses *by* or *with* evils, misfortunes, or bad things. It describes a process of learning wisdom or self-control through suffering or negative experiences.

Inflection: Third Person Plural, Imperfect Indicative, Passive Voice

Strong’s number: G4994 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Three — 7:177

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΩΦΡΟΝΙΖΩ.

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.

• ἘΣΩΦΡΟΝΙΖΕ — he was admonishing, he was disciplining, he was teaching self-control, he was bringing to his senses
• ἘΣΩΦΡΟΝΙΣΕΝ — to bring to one's senses, to admonish, to discipline, to correct, to make sober-minded
• ἘΣΩΦΡΟΝΙΣΘΗ — she was disciplined, she was brought to her senses, she was admonished, she was made sober-minded
• ΟΝΙΖΩ — to admonish, to exhort, to teach, to train, to discipline, to encourage, to make sober-minded, to restore to one's senses
• ΣΩΦΡΟΝΙΖΕΙΝ — to admonish, to discipline, to teach self-control, to bring to one's senses, to correct
• ΣΩΦΡΟΝΙΖΗΤΑΙ — be brought to reason, be disciplined, be admonished, be corrected, be taught self-control
• ΣΩΦΡΟΝΙΖΟΜΕΝΟΣ — being brought to one's senses, being disciplined, being admonished, being made sober-minded, being self-controlled
• ΣΩΦΡΟΝΙΖΟΜΕΝΟΥ — of one being disciplined, of one being admonished, of one being brought to their senses, of one being sobered, of one being corrected
• ΣΩΦΡΟΝΙΖΟΥΣΙ — they admonish, they teach to be self-controlled, they restore to one's senses, they discipline, they correct
• ΣΩΦΡΟΝΙΖΩ — to admonish, to exhort, to teach self-control, to discipline, to bring to one's senses, to make sober-minded
• ΣΩΦΡΟΝΙΖΩΣΙ — to admonish, to exhort, to encourage, to teach, to train, to make sober-minded, to bring to one's senses
• ΣΩΦΡΟΝΙΖΩΣΙΝ — they may admonish, they may teach self-control, they may discipline, they may train, they may restore to their senses
• ΣΩΦΡΟΝΙΣΑΙ — to admonish, to correct, to discipline, to bring to one's senses, to make sober-minded
• ΣΩΦΡΟΝΙΣΘΕΙΕΝ — might be disciplined, might be brought to their senses, might be made sober-minded, might be taught self-control
• ΣΩΦΡΟΝΙΣΘΕΝΤΕΣ — having been disciplined, having been brought to their senses, having been admonished, having been taught self-control
• ΣΩΦΡΟΝΙΣΘΗΤΕ — be disciplined, be brought to your senses, be sober-minded, be self-controlled, be admonished
• ΣΩΦΡΟΝΙΣΩΝ — disciplining, admonishing, teaching self-control, making sober-minded

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