ΠΑΡΕΣΠΑΣΑΝΤΟ, παρεσπασαντο
PARESPASANTO, parespasanto
Sounds Like: par-es-PAH-san-toh
Translations: they drew away, they dragged away, they tore away, they pulled away, they diverted
From the root: ΠΑΡΑΣΠΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from παρά (para, "beside, from") and σπάω (spaō, "to draw, to pull"). It means to draw or pull something away from beside something else, often implying a forceful or sudden action. It can also mean to divert or distract. In this form, it describes an action performed by a group of people in the past, with the action affecting themselves or being done for themselves (middle voice).
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Middle Voice, 3rd Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G3903 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 5 — 3:177
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΡΑΣΠΑΩ.
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.
- ΠΑΡΑΣΠΑΣΑΙ — to pull away, to draw aside, to drag away, to tear away, to remove
- ΠΑΡΑΣΠΑΩ — to tear away, to pull away, to draw away, to snatch away
- ΠΑΡΑΣΠΩΝΤΕΣ — drawing aside, tearing away, pulling away, wrenching off
- ΠΑΡΕΣΠΑΣΜΕΝΟΣ — drawn aside, diverted, distracted, having been drawn aside, having been diverted, having been distracted
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