ΤΥΡΑΝΝΟ, τυραννο
TYRANNO, tyranno
Sounds Like: too-RAN-noh
Translations: tyrant, a tyrant, absolute ruler, despot
From the root: ΤΥΡΑΝΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to an absolute ruler or despot, often implying a cruel or oppressive leader. It describes someone who holds power without legal right or who exercises it oppressively. In ancient Greek, it did not always carry the negative connotation it does today, sometimes simply meaning a monarch or sovereign, but it often implied a ruler who seized power or governed harshly.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine
Strong’s number: G5183 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 4 Maccabees — 9:29
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΤΥΡΑΝΝΟΣ.
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.
- ἨΝΤΥΡΑΝΝΟΣ — tyrannical, a tyrant, a despot
- ΤΥΡΑΝΝΕ — tyrant, O tyrant, a tyrant
- ΤΥΡΑΝΝΕΙΟΝ — tyranny, a tyranny, palace of a tyrant, seat of power
- ΤΥΡΑΝΝΙΚΗ — tyrannical, despotic, arbitrary
- ΤΥΡΑΝΝΙΚΩΣ — tyrannically, despotically, like a tyrant
- ΤΥΡΑΝΝΟΙ — tyrants, rulers, absolute rulers, despots
- ΤΥΡΑΝΝΟΙΣ — (to) tyrants, (for) tyrants, (by) tyrants, (with) tyrants
- ΤΥΡΑΝΝΟΝ — tyrant, a tyrant
- ΤΥΡΑΝΝΟΣ — tyrant, a tyrant, ruler, despot
- ΤΥΡΑΝΝΟΥ — of a tyrant, of a ruler, of a despot
- ΤΥΡΑΝΝΟΥΣ — tyrants, a tyrant, despots, a despot
- ΤΥΡΑΝΝΩΝ — of tyrants, of a tyrant
- ΤΥΡΑΝΟΙ — tyrants, despots, rulers
- ΤΥΡΑΝΟΝ — tyrant, a tyrant, despot, a despot
- ΤΥΡΑΝΟΥ — of a tyrant, of the tyrant, of a ruler, of the ruler
- ΤΥΡΑΝΩ — (to) a tyrant, (to) the tyrant, (to) a ruler, (to) the ruler
- ΤΩΝΤΥΡΑΝΝΩΝ — of the tyrants, of the rulers, of the absolute rulers
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