ἈΠΟΤΕΜΝΕΙΝ, ἀποτεμνειν
APOTEMNEIN, apotemnein
Sounds Like: ah-po-TEM-nin
Translations: to cut off, to sever, to amputate
From the root: ἈΠΟΤΕΜΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb meaning "to cut off" or "to sever." It is formed from the preposition ἀπό (apo), meaning "from" or "away from," and the verb τέμνω (temnō), meaning "to cut." It describes the action of separating something by cutting it away from a larger whole, often implying a complete removal or amputation.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G0660 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 16 — 11:387
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΠΟΤΕΜΝΩ.
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.
- ἈΠΟΤΕΜΕ — cut off, cut away, sever, amputate
- ἈΠΟΤΕΜΕΙΝ — to cut off, to sever, to amputate
- ἈΠΟΤΕΜΝΟΜΕΝΗΝ — cut off, being cut off, severed, being severed, amputated, being amputated
- ἈΠΟΤΟΜΩΣ — sharply, severely, abruptly, sternly, cuttingly
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