ΣΦΕΤΕΡΙΣΑΣΘΑΙ, σφετερισασθαι
SPHETERISASTHAI, spheterisasthai
Sounds Like: sfeh-teh-ri-SAS-thai
Translations: to appropriate, to claim for oneself, to seize, to make one's own
From the root: ΣΦΕΤΕΡΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is an infinitive verb meaning 'to appropriate' or 'to claim for oneself'. It implies taking something, often unjustly or without right, and making it one's own. It can be used in contexts where someone seizes property, power, or even glory for themselves.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G5392 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:27
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 6:158
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΦΕΤΕΡΙΖΩ.
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.
- ΣΦΕΤΕΡΙΖΕΤΑΙ — claims for oneself, appropriates, seizes, takes possession of, makes one's own
- ΣΦΕΤΕΡΙΖΩ — to appropriate, to seize for oneself, to claim as one's own, to usurp, to embezzle
- ΣΦΕΤΕΡΙΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having seized for oneself, having appropriated, having usurped, having taken possession of
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