2001 Translation

PĒRŌSIS, pērōsis

Sounds Like: pee-ROH-sees

Translations: mutilation, maiming, crippling, blindness

From the root: ΠΗΡΩΣΙΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the act or state of being mutilated, maimed, or crippled, often specifically referring to blindness or the loss of a limb or faculty. It describes a physical impairment or disability that results from injury or disease. It can be used in a sentence to describe the condition of someone who has suffered such a loss.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G4457 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:58

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΗΡΩΣΙΣ.

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.

• ΠΗΡΩΣΕΩΣ — of mutilation, of crippling, of blindness
• ΠΗΡΩΣΙΝ — mutilation, disfigurement, crippling, injury, a mutilation, a disfigurement, a crippling, an injury

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