ΠΕΡΙΣΠΩΜΕΝΟΙ, περισπωμενοι
PERISPŌMENOI, perispōmenoi
Sounds Like: peh-ris-POH-meh-noy
Translations: distracted, drawn away, drawn around, occupied, busied
From the root: ΠΕΡΙΣΠΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb 'perispao', meaning 'to draw around, distract, or be overly occupied'. It describes someone or something that is being pulled in different directions, or is heavily engrossed in various activities, leading to distraction or being overwhelmed. It implies a state of being busied or burdened by many concerns.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative, Masculine, Present, Passive
Strong’s number: G4028 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 8 — 2:38
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 4:37
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 4 — 1:5
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
- ΠΕΡΙΣΠΩΜΕΝΑΣ — distracted, drawn away, pulled around, diverted
- ΠΕΡΙΣΠΩΜΕΝΟΣ — distracted, drawn away, drawn about, pulled around, a distracted one
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