ΥΠΕΡΑΣΠΙΖΩ, υπερασπιζω
YPERASPIZŌ, yperaspizō
Sounds Like: hoo-per-AS-pee-zoh
Translations: to defend, to protect, to shield, to be a shield
From the root: ΥΠΕΡΑΣΠΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to defend or protect someone or something, often implying a strong, active defense, like shielding someone from harm. It can be used in contexts where one person or entity acts as a protector for another. For example, 'God defends you' or 'He protects his people'. It is a compound word formed from 'ὑπέρ' (hyper, meaning 'over' or 'for') and 'ἀσπίζω' (aspizo, meaning 'to shield' or 'to use a shield').
Inflection: Present, Active, Indicative, First Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G5228 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 15:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΠΕΡΑΣΠΙΖΩ.
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.
- ΥΠΕΡΑΣΠΙΖΕΙ — defends, protects, shields
- ΥΠΕΡΑΣΠΙΖΟΝΤΑ — defending, protecting, shielding, guarding
- ΥΠΕΡΑΣΠΙΖΟΝΤΑΣ — defending, protecting, championing, guarding
- ΥΠΕΡΑΣΠΙΖΩΝ — defending, protecting, shielding, a defender, a protector
- ΥΠΕΡΑΣΠΙΣΑΙ — to defend, to protect, to shield
- ΥΠΕΡΑΣΠΙΣΕΙ — he will defend, he will protect, he will shield
- ΥΠΕΡΑΣΠΙΩ — I will defend, I will protect, I will shield
- ΥΠΕΡΗΣΠΙΚΟΤΑ — having defended, those who have defended, defenders
- ΥΠΕΡΗΣΠΙΣΕ — he defended, he protected, he shielded
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