Word
δυσ‐
dys- · G1418 · Greek · 0 occurrences
Meanings
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hard
A prefix
This lexeme does not occur in the Greek New Testament text as tagged in standard critical editions.
Contrasting words 1 word
- εὖ eû · G2095 · well, good, fine
- Greek prefix meaning 'well, good, easily' — the direct lexical opposite of δυσ- in compound formation, contrasting positive ease vs. difficulty (e.g., εὐκόλως 'easily' vs. δυσκόλως 'with difficulty').
Word family 8 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
δυσ‐dys- · G1418δυσκόλως dyskólōs · G1423 · difficult, hard, with difficulty · 3×δυσβάστακτος dysbástaktos · G1419 · difficult, hard to bear · 1×δυσεντερία dysentería · G1420 · dysentery · 1×δυσερμήνευτος dysermḗneutos · G1421 · difficult to explain, hard to interpret · 1×δύσκολος dýskolos · G1422 · difficult, hard, with difficulty · 1×δυσνόητος dysnóētos · G1425 · difficult to understand, not easily understood · 1×δυσφημία dysphēmía · G1426 · defamation, slander · 1×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon an inseparable prefix conveying the idea of difficulty, opposition, injuriousness or the…
an inseparable prefix conveying the idea of difficulty, opposition, injuriousness or the like, and corresponding to our mis-, un- (Curtius, § 278); opposed to εὖ.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0