Lexical Summary dys-: like un- or mis- (as in unrest, misjudge), nullifies good sense or increases bad sense of a word Original Word: δυσ-Transliteration: dys- Phonetic Spelling: (doos) Short Definition: like un- or mis- (as in unrest, misjudge), nullifies good sense or increases bad sense of a word Meaning: like un- or mis- (as in unrest, misjudge), nullifies good sense Strong's Concordance hard, grievous. A primary inseparable particle of uncertain derivation; used only in composition as a prefix; hard, i.e. With difficulty -- + hard, + grievous, etc. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1418: δυς(δυς(, an inseparable prefix conveying the idea of difficulty, opposition, injuriousness or the like, and corresponding to our mis-, un- (Curtius, § 278); opposed to εὖ. |
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