Thwarting
εὐπερίστατοςStrong’s G2139euperistatos
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Euperistatos is the Greek word usually translated “easily entangling”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,”
Meaning
Usually translated “easily entangling”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- easily entangling 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Hebrews 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
εὐπερίστατος euperistatos · thwarting
εὐ-περί-στατος, -ον (εὖ, περιΐστημι), of sins, readily besetting: Heb.12:1 (on form and sense of the word, see Westc., in l).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “thwarting” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
THWART'ING, participle present
tense Crossing; contravening; defeating.
All definitions and other forms of “thwarting”
THWART'ING, noun
The act of crossing or frustrating.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.