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αἰχμᾰλ-ωτεύω

aichmaloteuo

armed with a spear

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Where it lives

Abdias 1 · 22.73/10k
Amos 4 · 13/10k
Michaeas 1 · 4.39/10k
Ephesians 1 · 4.15/10k
Esther 2 · 3.62/10k
Paralipomenon II 5 · 2.54/10k
Job 3 · 2.25/10k
Tobias (cod. Vat. et Alex.) 1 · 1.9/10k
Regnorum I 3 · 1.62/10k
Esdras I 1 · 1.22/10k
Regnorum IV 2 · 1.16/10k
Isaias 3 · 1.14/10k

Densest 12 of 21 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. αἰχμαλωτεύω · aichmalōteuō — Beekes

αἰχμαλωτεύω (Hell. and late); from = αἰχμαλωτίζω: αἰχμαλωτιστής and αἰχμαλωτισμός. *DER αἰχμήεις ‘armed with a spear’ (A. Opp.); αἰχμητής ‘spearman, warrior’ (1]., αἰχμητά (E 197), fem. αἴχμητις (EM); with secondary suffix αἰχμητήρ (Opp. Q. 5., Nonn.); αἰχμητήριος ‘armed with a spear, war-like’ (Lyc. 454 verse-final). Denominative αἰχμάζω [v.] ‘to throw the spear, to arm with a spear’ (IL.). *ETYM The Mycenaean form … — [Beekes, s.v. αἰχμαλωτεύω, p. 93]

2. αἰχμᾰλ-ωτεύω · aichmal-ōteuō — LSJ

capture

capture, πλοῦτον Ps.-Callisth. 3.20.

In the wild

ᾐχμαλώτευσεν · ēichmalōteusen New Testament, Ephesians 4.8 (DIORISIS sentence 32)
αἰχμαλωτευόντων · aichmalōteuontōn Septuaginta, Abdias (DIORISIS sentence 8)
αἰχμαλωτεῦσαι · aichmalōteusai Septuaginta, Amos 1
αἰχμαλωτευθήσεται · aichmalōteuthēsetai Septuaginta, Amos 1
αἰχμαλωτευομένη · aichmalōteuomenē Septuaginta, Amos 5
αἰχμαλωτευθήσεται · aichmalōteuthēsetai Septuaginta, Amos 5

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Where it came from

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