SILEX Root Index
Browse 6980 unique roots derived from SILEX lexicon entries. Each root groups all Strong's words that share it.
| Root | Transliteration | Language | Core Meanings | Canonical | Confidence | Words |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| αἰσχρ-/κερδ- | aischrokerdḗs | Greek | shameful, disgraceful, base; profit, gain | G146 | high | 1 |
| αἰσχρ-κερδ- | aischrokerdōs | Greek | shameful, base, profit, gain | G147 | high | 1 |
| αἰσχρ-λογ- | aischrología | Greek | shameful, base, disgraceful; speech, utterance, discourse | G148 | high | 1 |
| αἰσχυν- | aischýnē | Greek | to disgrace, to shame, to dishonor | G152 | high | 4 |
| αἰτ- | aitéō | Greek | to ask, to request, to demand | G154 | high | 11 |
| αἰτέω | exaitéomai | Greek | to ask, to demand, to request | G1809 | high | 1 |
| αἰφν- | exaíphnēs | Greek | sudden, unexpected, abrupt | G1810 | high | 1 |
| αἰχμ- | aichmálōtos | Greek | spear, to take captive, to capture | — | none | 1 |
| αἰχμαλωσ- | aichmalōsía | Greek | to capture, be captive, to take by force | G163 | high | 1 |
| αἰχμαλωτ- | aichmalōteúō | Greek | to take captive, to lead away as prisoner | G162 | high | 2 |
| αἰων- | aiṓn | Greek | life (lifetime), age, epoch | G165 | high | 2 |
| ἀκαθαρτ- | akathártēs | Greek | to be unclean, to defile, to pollute | G168 | high | 1 |
| ἀκανθ- | ákantha | Greek | thorn, prickle | G173 | high | 1 |
| ἀκάνθ- | akánthinos | Greek | thorn, bramble | G174 | high | 1 |
| ἀκελδαμ- | Akeldamá | Greek | field of blood, land related to bloodshed | G184 | high | 1 |
| ἀ- + κερ(αννυμι) | akéraios | Greek | not mixed, pure, whole, uncorrupted | G185 | high | 1 |
| ἀκμ- | akmázō | Greek | point, peak, maturity, ripeness | G188 | high | 3 |
| ἀκολουθ- | exakolouthéō | Greek | to follow, to accompany, to pursue | G190 | high | 4 |
| ἀκού- | eisakoúō | Greek | to hear, to listen | G191 | high | 6 |
| ἀκρ- | akrís | Greek | tip, summit, extremity (root); type of swarming insect (word) | G200 | high | 2 |
| ἄκρ- | áchri | Greek | top, end, limit, extremity | G891 | high | 1 |
| ἀ- + κρατ- | akratḗs | Greek | not, without control, lacking power | G193 | high | 2 |
| ἀκριβ- | akríbeia | Greek | to be exact, to be precise, to be strict | G195 | high | 5 |
| ἀκροα- | epakroáomai | Greek | to hear, to listen | G1874 | high | 2 |
| ἀκροατ- | akroatḗrion | Greek | to hear, to listen (as audience) | G202 | high | 1 |
| ἀκροβυστ- | akrobystía | Greek | foreskin, uncircumcised condition, uncircumcised person(s) | G203 | high | 1 |
| ἀκρογωνιαῖ- | akrogōniaîos | Greek | at the extreme corner, forming a corner, principal or chief corner | G204 | high | 1 |
| ἀκροθν- | akrothínion | Greek | top, summit, heap | G205 | high | 1 |
| ἀκύλ- | Akýlas | Greek | name of Akylas/Aquila, proper name | G207 | high | 1 |
| ἁλ- | halieús | Greek | to fish, to engage in fishing | G231 | high | 5 |
| ἅλ- | hálas | Greek | salt (substance), to season, to preserve | G217 | high | 1 |
| ἀλάβαστ- | alábastron | Greek | alabaster (stone), vessel, container | G211 | high | 1 |
| ἀλαζ- | alazṓn | Greek | to wander, to boast, to pretend | G213 | high | 1 |
| ἀλαζον- | alazoneía | Greek | to boast, to make empty claims, to display pretentiousness | G212 | high | 1 |
| ἀλαλ- | alalázō | Greek | to cry out, to shout | G214 | high | 1 |
| ἀλγ- | apalgéō | Greek | to suffer pain, to feel, to grieve | G524 | high | 1 |
| ἀλεθ- | alḗthō | Greek | to grind, to crush, to reduce to flour | G229 | high | 1 |
| ἀλείφ- | aleíphō | Greek | to smear, to rub on, to anoint (in non-ritual sense) | G218 | high | 1 |
| ἀλέκτ- | aléktōr | Greek | cock, rooster, male chicken | G220 | high | 1 |
| ἀλεκτορ-, φων- | alektorophōnía | Greek | rooster, sound, crowing | G219 | high | 1 |
| Ἀλεξανδρ- | Alexandrînos | Greek | of Alexandria, belonging to Alexandria, Alexandrian | G222 | high | 1 |
| ἀλεξ-, ἀνδρ- | Aléxandros | Greek | to defend, to aid, man, adult male | — | low | 1 |
| Ἀλεξανδρευ- | Alexandreús | Greek | originating from Alexandria, inhabitant of Alexandria, associated with Alexandr… | G221 | high | 1 |
| ἀλευρ- | áleuron | Greek | to grind, to produce flour | G224 | high | 1 |
| ἀληθ- | alḗtheia | Greek | to be true, to be unconcealed, to be genuine | G225 | high | 5 |
| ἁλιευ- | halieúō | Greek | to fish, to catch fish | G232 | high | 1 |
| ἀλισγ- | alísgema | Greek | to soil, to desecrate, to defile ritually | G234 | high | 1 |
| ἄλλ- | allá | Greek | other, differing, alternate | G243 | high | 5 |
| ἁλλ- | exállomai | Greek | to leap, to jump, to spring | G1814 | high | 2 |
| ἅλλ- | hállomai | Greek | to leap, to jump, to spring | G242 | high | 1 |
| ἀλλάσσω | allássō | Greek | to change, to alter | G236 | high | 4 |
| ἀλληγορ- | allēgoréō | Greek | to interpret figuratively, to explain as having another (symbolic) meaning | G238 | high | 1 |
| ἀλληλουϊα (from Heb. ה-ל-ל, י-ה) | allēlouïa | Greek | to praise, to acclaim, to celebrate (the deity) | G239 | high | 1 |
| ἀλλο- | allachóthen | Greek | other, another | G237 | high | 1 |
| ἄλλος-γεν- | allogenḗs | Greek | other, different, race, descent, people | G241 | high | 1 |
| ἀλλοτρι- | apallotrióō | Greek | to be other, to make foreign, to make belong elsewhere | G526 | high | 1 |
| ἀλλοτρι-, -ἐπίσκοπος | allotriepískopos | Greek | belonging to another, overseeing, supervising | G244 | high | 1 |
| ἀλλοφυλ- | allóphylos | Greek | other, different, tribe, people, nation | G246 | high | 1 |
| ἀλοα- | aloáō | Greek | to tread, to thresh | G248 | high | 1 |
| ἀλόη- | alóē | Greek | aromatic wood, resin, perfume material | G250 | high | 1 |
| ἁλς | halykós | Greek | salt, salted, briny | G252 | high | 1 |
| ἀλυσι- | hálysis | Greek | to bind, to restrain, to fasten | G254 | high | 1 |
| Αλφ- | A | Greek | first, beginning, absence (privative), union (copulative) | G1 | high | 1 |
| ἁλων- | hálōn | Greek | threshing, separating grain from chaff, processing grain | G257 | high | 1 |
| ἀλώπηξ | alṓpēx | Greek | fox, to be cunning, to be sly | G258 | high | 1 |
| ἁμ- | háma | Greek | together, at the same time, with | G260 | high | 1 |
| ἀμά- | amáō | Greek | to reap, to harvest, to gather (as crops) | G270 | high | 1 |
| ἀμαραντ- | amarántinos | Greek | unfading, imperishable, enduring | G262 | high | 1 |
| ἁμαρτ- | hamartánō | Greek | to miss, to fail, to err, to do wrong | G264 | high | 6 |
| ἀμειβ- | amoibḗ | Greek | to exchange, to repay, to return (in kind) | G287 | high | 1 |
| ἀμήν (from אָמֵן) | amḗn | Greek | affirm, confirm, agree, declare as true, ratify, verify | G281 | high | 1 |
| Ἀμιναδάβ | Aminadáb | Greek | proper name, Aminadab | G284 | high | 1 |
| ἄμμ- | ámmos | Greek | sand, loose granular material, countless multitude | G285 | high | 1 |
| ἀμν- | amnós | Greek | young sheep, lamb | G286 | high | 1 |
| ἀμπελ- | ámpelos | Greek | vine, climber, twining plant | G288 | high | 2 |
| ἀμπελ-εργ- | ampelourgós | Greek | vine, work, cultivate | — | high | 1 |
| ἀμπλ- | Amplías | Greek | to make broad, to enlarge | G4119 | medium | 1 |
| ἀμυν- | amýnomai | Greek | to ward off, to defend, to protect oneself | G292 | high | 1 |
| ἀμφ- | amphóteros | Greek | on both sides, both together | — | low | 1 |
| ἀμφιβληστρ- | amphíblēstron | Greek | to throw around, to surround, to cast (as a net) | G293 | high | 1 |
| ἀμφιεννυ- | amphiénnymi | Greek | to clothe, to put on, to wrap | G294 | high | 1 |
| ἀμφιπολ- | Amphípolis | Greek | Amphipolis (city name), settlement surrounded (by water/river) | G295 | high | 1 |
| ἀμφ- + ὁδ- | ámphodon | Greek | on both sides, road, path, intersection | G296 | high | 1 |
| ἀμώς | Amṓs | Greek | Amos (personal name) | G301 | high | 1 |
| ἀν- | aná | Greek | up, upon, each (distribution), again (repetition/renewal) | G303 | high | 2 |
| ἀνα- + βαιν- | anabaínō | Greek | to go, to step, to move upward | G305 | high | 1 |
| ἀναβαίνω | prosanabaínō | Greek | to go up, to ascend | G305 | high | 1 |
| ἀναβαλ- | anabolḗ | Greek | to put off, to postpone, to adjourn | G311 | high | 1 |
| ἀναγκ- | epánankes | Greek | necessity, compulsion, constraint | G315 | high | 4 |
| ἀναδεικ- | anádeixis | Greek | to show forth, to display, to appoint | G323 | high | 1 |
| ἀναδείκνυμι (δεικνυ-) | anadeíknymi | Greek | to show, to make visible, to cause to be recognized | G322 | high | 1 |
| ἀνα-δεχ- | anadéchomai | Greek | to receive, to welcome, to take upon oneself | G324 | high | 1 |
| ἀνά-, διδ- | anadídōmi | Greek | to give up, to hand over, to deliver, to return, to restore | G325 | high | 1 |
| ἀναθ- | anáthema | Greek | to dedicate, to set apart, to devote | G331 | high | 1 |
| ἀναθεματ- | anathematízō | Greek | to dedicate to destruction, to curse, to declare under a ban | G332 | high | 1 |
| ἀνα-, θεωρέω | anatheōréō | Greek | to observe, to consider, to examine | G333 | high | 1 |
| ἀναιρ- | anaíresis | Greek | to take up, to remove, to abolish, to kill | G337 | high | 1 |
| ἀνακόπτ- | anakóptō | Greek | to hinder, to cut back, to obstruct, to interrupt | G348 | high | 1 |
| ἀνακρίν- | anákrisis | Greek | to examine, to scrutinize, to investigate | G350 | high | 1 |
| ἀνακύπτ- | anakýptō | Greek | to straighten up, to rise, to look up | G352 | high | 1 |