ΠΥΡΠΟΛΗΘΕΙΣΑΙΣ, πυρποληθεισαις
PYRPOLĒTHEISAIS, pyrpolētheisais
Sounds Like: peer-po-lee-THEH-see-sais
Translations: having been set on fire, having been burned, having been consumed by fire
From the root: ΠΥΡΠΟΛΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb 'πυρπολέω', meaning 'to set on fire' or 'to burn down'. As a participle, it describes an action that has already occurred, indicating that the subject has undergone the action of being set on fire or burned. It is often used to describe cities, buildings, or other structures that have been destroyed by fire.
Inflection: Aorist, Passive, Participle, Feminine, Plural, Dative
Strong’s number: G4448 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 18:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΥΡΠΟΛΕΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΥΡΠΟΛΗΣΕΝ — he burned, he set on fire, he ravaged with fire, he destroyed by fire
- ΕΠΥΡΠΟΛΕΩ — I burn, I set on fire, I lay waste by fire, I destroy by fire
- ΠΥΡΠΟΛΕΙΝ — to burn, to set on fire, to lay waste by fire, to destroy by fire
- ΠΥΡΠΟΛΕΩ — to burn, to set on fire, to destroy by fire, to lay waste by fire
- ΠΥΡΠΟΛΗΘΗΣΟΜΕΝΟΝ — about to be burned, about to be set on fire, about to be consumed by fire
- ΠΥΡΠΟΛΗΣΑΝΤΕΣ — having set on fire, having burned down, having destroyed by fire
- ΠΥΡΠΟΛΗΣΑΝΤΟΣ — of having set on fire, of having burned down, of having laid waste
- ΠΥΡΠΟΛΗΣΕΙΣ — you will burn, you will set on fire, you will destroy by fire
- ΠΥΡΠΟΛΟΥΜΕΝΟΣ — being set on fire, being burned, being consumed by fire
- ΠΥΡΠΟΛΩΝ — setting on fire, burning, destroying by fire, ravaging
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