ΠΕΡΙΣΠΩΜΕΝΩΝ, περισπωμενων
PERISPŌMENŌN, perispōmenōn
Sounds Like: peh-ris-po-MEH-non
Translations: distracted, being distracted, drawn away, being drawn away, diverted, being diverted
From the root: ΠΕΡΙΣΠΑΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb 'perispao', meaning 'to draw around, distract, or draw away'. It describes someone or something that is being pulled in different directions, either literally or figuratively, leading to distraction, preoccupation, or being overwhelmed by various concerns. It implies a state of being pulled away from a primary focus or task.
Inflection: Genitive, Plural, Masculine, Feminine, or Neuter, Present, Passive
Strong’s number: G4049 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 5 — 1:46
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 6:18
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΡΙΣΠΑΩ.
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.
- ΠΕΡΙΕΣΠΑΣΕΝ — he distracted, she distracted, it distracted, he was distracted, she was distracted, it was distracted, he drew away, she drew away, it drew away, he was drawn away, she was drawn away, it was drawn away
- ΠΕΡΙΕΣΠΑΤΟ — was distracted, was drawn away, was cumbered, was overly occupied
- ΠΕΡΙΣΠΑΣΑΙΤΟΥΣ — to distract, to draw away, to divert, the, those
- ΠΕΡΙΣΠΑΣΑΝΤΕΣ — distracting, drawing away, pulling around, distracted, having distracted, having drawn away
- ΠΕΡΙΣΠΑΣΕΙ — distract, draw away, draw around, divert, draw off, draw attention away
- ΠΕΡΙΣΠΑΣΕΙΝ — to distract, to draw away, to draw around, to divert, to be distracted, to be drawn away
- ΠΕΡΙΣΠΑΣΘΑΙ — to be distracted, to be drawn away, to be occupied, to be busied, to be pulled around
- ΠΕΡΙΣΠΑΣΘΗΝΑΙ — to be distracted, to be drawn away, to be pulled around, to be overburdened
- ΠΕΡΙΣΠΑΣΘΗΣΕΣΘΑΙ — to be distracted, to be drawn away, to be pulled around
- ΠΕΡΙΣΠΑΩ — to be distracted, to be drawn away, to be cumbered, to be overburdened, to be over-occupied
- ΠΕΡΙΣΠΩΜΕΝΩ — (to) distracted, (to) drawn away, (to) harassed, (to) troubled, (to) burdened
- ΠΕΡΙΣΠΩΝΤΕΣ — drawing around, drawing off, distracting, pulling away, pulling off
- ΠΕΡΙΣΠΩΝΤΟΣ — of distracting, of drawing away, of diverting, of drawing around
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