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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 1418. δυσ- (dus-) -- Difficult, hard, bad, ill</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/1418.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/luke/22-59.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/1418.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 1418</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/1417.htm" title="1417">◄</a> 1418. dus- <a href="../greek/1419.htm" title="1419">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">dus-: Difficult, hard, bad, ill</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">δυσ-</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Prefix<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>dus-<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>doos<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(doos)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Difficult, hard, bad, ill<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>like un- or mis- (as in unrest, misjudge), nullifies good sense or increases bad sense of a word<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the Greek word δυσ-, which is a prefix used to denote difficulty, badness, or hardship.<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>The Hebrew language does not have a direct equivalent to the Greek prefix "dus-," but similar concepts of difficulty or adversity can be found in words like עָמָל (amal, Strong's H5999) meaning "trouble" or "labor," and רָע (ra, Strong's H7451) meaning "evil" or "bad."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The Greek prefix "dus-" is used to intensify the negative or adverse quality of the word it precedes. It often conveys a sense of difficulty, hardship, or something that is unfavorable. In the New Testament, it is used to form compound words that describe negative conditions or actions.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Greek culture, prefixes like "dus-" were commonly used to modify the meaning of root words, providing a nuanced understanding of the text. This prefix would have been understood by contemporary audiences as indicating something undesirable or challenging. The use of "dus-" in the New Testament reflects the challenges and adversities faced by early Christians in a world often hostile to their beliefs.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prefix of uncertain derivation<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>like un- or mis- (as in unrest, misjudge), nullifies good sense or increases bad sense of a word.<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 1418: δυς(</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">δυς(</span></span>, an inseparable prefix conveying the idea of difficulty, opposition, injuriousness or the like, and corresponding to our <span class="accented">mis-,</span> <span class="accented">un-</span> (<span class="abbreviation">Curtius</span>, § 278); opposed to <span class="greek2">εὖ</span>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>hard, grievous. <p>A primary inseparable particle of uncertain derivation; used only in composition as a prefix; hard, i.e. With difficulty -- + hard, + grievous, etc. <div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><a href="/greek/dunastas_1413.htm">δυνάστας — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/dunaste_s_1413.htm">δυνάστης — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/dunatei_1414.htm">δυνατεῖ — 3 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/dunata_1415.htm">δυνατά — 6 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/dunatoi_1415.htm">δυνατοὶ — 4 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/dunaton_1415.htm">δυνατὸν — 9 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/dunatos_1415.htm">δυνατός — 13 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/dunontos_1416.htm">Δύνοντος — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/edu_1416.htm">ἔδυ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/duo_1417.htm">δύο — 128 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/dusin_1417.htm">δυσὶν — 6 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/dusbastakta_1419.htm">δυσβάστακτα — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/dusenterio__1420.htm">δυσεντερίῳ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/duserme_neutos_1421.htm">δυσερμήνευτος — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/duskolon_1422.htm">δύσκολόν — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/duskolo_s_1423.htm">δυσκόλως — 3 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/duseo_s_1424.htm">δύσεως — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/dusmo_n_1424.htm">δυσμῶν — 5 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/dusnoe_ta_1425.htm">δυσνόητά — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/dusphe_mias_1426.htm">δυσφημίας — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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