ὈΧΥΡΟΥΣΙ, ὀχυρουσι
OCHYROUSI, ochyrousi
Sounds Like: okh-y-ROO-see
Translations: they fortify, they strengthen, they make strong
From the root: ὈΧΥΡΟΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the action of making something strong, secure, or impregnable. It is used when a group of people are building defenses or reinforcing structures, such as a city or a house, to protect them from attack or damage.
Inflection: Present, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G3735 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 11 — 4:97
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ὈΧΥΡΟΩ.
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.
- ὈΧΥΡΟΥΝ — to strengthen, to fortify, to make strong, to make firm
- ὈΧΥΡΟΥΣΙΝ — fortify, strengthen, make strong, secure
- ὈΧΥΡΩΣΕΝ — he fortified, she fortified, it fortified
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