ἈΠΗΝΕΣΤΑΤΩΝ, ἀπηνεστατων
APĒNESTATŌN, apēnestatōn
Sounds Like: ah-pee-NES-tah-tohn
Translations: of the most unmerciful, of the most harsh, of the most cruel, of the most savage, of the most stern
From the root: ἈΠΗΝΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is the superlative form of the adjective 'ἀπηνής' (apēnēs), meaning 'unmerciful', 'harsh', 'cruel', 'savage', or 'stern'. As a superlative, it indicates the highest degree of these qualities, meaning 'most unmerciful', 'most harsh', etc. It is often used to describe people, animals, or actions that are exceedingly severe or lacking in compassion. For example, it could describe the voice of the 'most savage beasts'. It is a compound word, formed from the negative prefix 'ἀ-' (a-) meaning 'not' and 'πηνής' (pēnēs), which is related to 'πῆνος' (pēnos), meaning 'thread' or 'web', possibly implying 'not woven' or 'not soft/smooth', hence 'rough' or 'harsh'.
Inflection: Superlative, Genitive, Plural, All genders
Strong’s number: G0583 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Wisdom — 17:19
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΠΗΝΗΣ.
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.
- ἈΠΗΝΕΙΣ — harsh, rough, cruel, unfeeling, severe
- ἈΠΗΝΕΣΤΑΤΟΣ — harshest, roughest, cruelest, most severe, a harshest, a roughest, a cruelest, a most severe
- ἈΠΗΝΗΣ — harsh, rough, cruel, savage, fierce, ungentle, a harsh one, a cruel one
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