ἈΞΑΙ, ἀξαι
AXAI, axai
Sounds Like: AK-sai
Translations: to break, to shatter, to tear, to burst
From the root: ΑΓΝΥΜΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is an aorist infinitive form of the verb ἄγνυμι (agnymi), meaning 'to break' or 'to shatter'. It describes the action of causing something to separate into pieces or to be destroyed by force. As an infinitive, it functions like a noun, often used after verbs like 'to be able' or 'to wish', indicating the purpose or result of an action.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G0006 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 4 Maccabees — 9:17
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΓΝΥΜΙ.
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.
- ἈΓΝΥΜΕΝΩΝ — of breaking, of being broken, of shattering, of being shattered
- ΑΓΝΥΜΙ — to break, to shatter, to crush
- ἘΠΑΓΗΣ — firm, solid, strong, compact, well-built
- ΝΕΝΑΚΤΟ — it had been broken, it had been shattered, it was broken, it was shattered
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