ΤΥΡΑΝΝΕΙΣΘΑΙΛΕΓΕΤΕ, τυραννεισθαιλεγετε
TYRANNEISTHAILEGETE, tyranneisthailegete
Sounds Like: ty-ran-NEH-ee-sthahee LEH-geh-teh
Translations: to be tyrannized, to be ruled as a tyrant, to be oppressed, you say, you speak, you tell
From the root: ΤΥΡΑΝΝΕΩ, ΛΕΓΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound word formed by concatenating two verbs: ΤΥΡΑΝΝΕΙΣΘΑΙ and ΛΕΓΕΤΕ. ΤΥΡΑΝΝΕΙΣΘΑΙ means 'to be tyrannized' or 'to be ruled as a tyrant,' indicating a state of being oppressed or subjected to tyrannical rule. ΛΕΓΕΤΕ is the second person plural present active indicative of the verb ΛΕΓΩ, meaning 'you say,' 'you speak,' or 'you tell.' Therefore, the combined phrase means 'you say to be tyrannized' or 'you say that you are being tyrannized.' It describes a situation where a group of people states or claims that they are being subjected to tyrannical control.
Inflection: ΤΥΡΑΝΝΕΙΣΘΑΙ: Present, Middle/Passive, Infinitive; ΛΕΓΕΤΕ: Present, Active, Indicative, Second Person Plural
Strong’s numbers: G5171 (Lookup on BibleHub), G3004 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 4:55
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΤΥΡΑΝΝΕΩ, ΛΕΓΩ, appear in our texts.
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