ΥΠΕΤΕΜΝΕΤΟ, υπετεμνετο
YPETEMNETO, ypetemneto
Sounds Like: hoo-pe-TEH-mneh-toh
Translations: was cutting off, was intercepting, was secretly cutting, was undermining
From the root: ΥΠΟΤΕΜΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes an action of cutting off, intercepting, or undermining, often with a sense of secrecy, gradualness, or from underneath. It implies hindering or preventing something by cutting off its path or support. It is a compound word formed from the preposition ὑπό (hypo, meaning 'under' or 'secretly') and the verb τέμνω (temnō, meaning 'to cut').
Inflection: Imperfect, Middle/Passive Voice, Indicative Mood, Third Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G5277 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΠΟΤΕΜΝΩ.
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.
- ΥΠΕΤΕΜΝΟΝΤΟ — they were cutting from under, they were cutting off, they were interrupting, they were hindering
- ΥΠΟΤΕΜΝΕΤΑΙ — is cut off, is intercepted, is cut short, is curtailed
- ΥΠΟΤΕΜΝΩ — cut off, cut away, sever, remove, take away
- ΥΠΟΤΕΜΟΜΕΝΟΣ — having cut from under, having cut away, having undermined, having secretly cut
- ΥΠΟΤΕΜΟΝΤΟΣ — of cutting off, of undermining, of intercepting
- ΥΠΟΤΕΜΩΝ — cutting off, secretly cutting off, intercepting, hindering, removing, taking away
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