ΠΕΡΙΣΠΩΜΕΝΑΣ, περισπωμενας
PERISPŌMENAS, perispōmenas
Sounds Like: peh-ris-POH-meh-nas
Translations: distracted, drawn away, pulled around, diverted
From the root: ΠΕΡΙΣΠΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes something that is being drawn around, pulled away, or distracted. It implies a state of being diverted from a primary focus or direction, often due to external influences or internal turmoil. It is a compound word formed from 'περί' (around) and 'σπάω' (to draw or pull).
Inflection: Participle, Present, Middle/Passive, Accusative, Feminine, Plural
Strong’s number: G4028 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 26:12
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΡΙΣΠΩ.
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.
- ΠΕΡΙΣΠΑ — to distract, to draw away, to be distracted, to be drawn away, to be cumbered, to be burdened
- ΠΕΡΙΣΠΩΜΕΝΟΙ — distracted, drawn away, drawn around, occupied, busied
- ΠΕΡΙΣΠΩΜΕΝΟΣ — distracted, drawn away, drawn about, pulled around, a distracted one
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