ὨΛΙΓΟΨΥΧΗΣΕΝ, ὠλιγοψυχησεν
ŌLIGOPSYCHĒSEN, ōligopsychēsen
Sounds Like: oh-lee-gop-sy-KHEE-sen
Translations: he lost heart, he became discouraged, he became faint-hearted, he despaired
From the root: ΟΛΙΓΟΨΥΧΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb meaning 'to lose heart,' 'to become discouraged,' or 'to be faint-hearted.' It describes a state where someone's spirit or courage diminishes, often due to difficult circumstances or despair. It is formed from 'oligos' (little, few) and 'psyche' (soul, spirit), literally meaning 'to have little soul/spirit.'
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Active, 3rd Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G3642 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟΛΙΓΟΨΥΧΕΩ.
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.
- ΟΛΙΓΟΨΥΧΕΩ — to be fainthearted, to be discouraged, to lose heart, to be disheartened
- ΟΛΙΓΟΨΥΧΗΣΑΝ — they were faint-hearted, they lost heart, they were discouraged, they became disheartened
- ΟΛΙΓΟΨΥΧΗΣΕΝ — he was fainthearted, he lost heart, he became discouraged
- ΟΛΙΓΟΨΥΧΗΣΗΣ — you have become faint-hearted, you have lost heart, you have been discouraged
- ΟΛΙΓΟΨΥΧΟΥΝΤΕΣ — fainthearted, discouraged, despondent, timid, lacking courage
- ΟΛΙΓΩΘΗΣΑΝ — they were discouraged, they lost heart, they became faint-hearted, they were disheartened
- ΟΛΙΓΩΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will be disheartened, will be discouraged, will be faint-hearted
- ΩΛΙΓΟΨΥΧΗΣΑΝ — they were fainthearted, they lost heart, they were discouraged
- ΩΛΙΓΟΨΥΧΗΣΕ — he lost heart, he became faint-hearted, he was discouraged
- ΩΛΙΓΟΨΥΧΗΣΕΝ — he was faint-hearted, he was discouraged, he lost heart, he became disheartened
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