ΠΟΛΛΟΙΠΕΡΙΣΧΟΜΕΝΟΙ, πολλοιπερισχομενοι
POLLOIPERISCHOMENOI, polloiperischomenoi
Sounds Like: pol-LOY-peh-ris-KHO-meh-noy
Translations: many surrounding, many encompassed, many holding around, many being surrounded
From the root: ΠΟΛΥΣ, ΠΕΡΙΕΧΩ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Participle
Explanation: This is a compound word formed from 'many' (πολλοί) and a participle of 'to surround' or 'to encompass' (περιέχω). It describes a situation where many individuals are surrounded or encompassed, or are themselves surrounding/holding something. In the given context, it likely refers to 'many who were surrounded' or 'many being encompassed'.
Inflection: Compound word, Nominative, Masculine, Plural, Present, Middle/Passive Participle
Strong’s numbers: G4183 (Lookup on BibleHub), G4025 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 1:79
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΠΟΛΥΣ, ΠΕΡΙΕΧΩ, appear in our texts.
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