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ἈΜΗΧΑΝΟΥΝΤΕΣ, ἀμηχανουντες

AMĒCHANOUNTES, amēchanountes

Sounds Like: ah-may-kha-NOON-tes

Translations: being at a loss, being perplexed, being helpless, being without resource, being in distress

From the root: ΑΜΗΧΑΝΕΩ

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: This word describes a state of being at a loss, perplexed, or without resources. It implies a feeling of helplessness or distress when faced with a difficult situation and not knowing what to do. It is a compound word formed from the negative prefix ἀ- (a-) meaning 'not' or 'without', and μηχανή (mēchanē) meaning 'means' or 'contrivance'.

Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Plural

Strong’s number: G0279 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' The Jewish War

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΜΗΧΑΝΕΩ.

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.

  • ἈΜΗΧΑΝΗΣΑΣ — being at a loss, being perplexed, being helpless, having been at a loss, having been perplexed, having been helpless
  • ἈΜΗΧΑΝΟΥΝ — being at a loss, being perplexed, being helpless, being without resources, being in distress
  • ἈΜΗΧΑΝΩ — I am at a loss, I am helpless, I am perplexed, I am without resources, I am in despair
  • ΑΜΗΧΑΝΕΙΝ — to be at a loss, to be perplexed, to be without resources, to be helpless
  • ΑΜΗΧΑΝΕΩ — to be at a loss, to be perplexed, to be without resources, to be helpless, to be in despair
  • ΑΜΗΧΑΝΟΥΝΤΑΣ — being at a loss, being perplexed, being without resources, being helpless, being in distress

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