ἈΛΓΕΙΝΟΝ, ἀλγεινον
ALGEINON, algeinon
Sounds Like: al-GAY-non
Translations: painful, grievous, distressing, a painful thing
From the root: ΑΛΓΕΙΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that causes pain, sorrow, or distress. It can refer to physical pain, emotional suffering, or a difficult situation. It is used to qualify a noun, indicating that the noun possesses the quality of being painful or grievous.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G0009 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:253
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΛΓΕΙΝΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΛΓΕΙΝΟΤΕΡΑ — more painful, more grievous, more distressing
- ἈΛΓΕΙΝΟΤΕΡΟΝ — more painful, more grievous, more distressing
- ἈΛΓΕΙΝΟΥ — (of) painful, (of) grievous, (of) distressing
- ΑΛΓΕΙΝΟΝ — painful, grievous, sorrowful, a painful thing, a grievous thing
- ΑΛΓΕΙΝΟΣ — painful, grievous, sorrowful
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