ἈΣΜΕΝΩ, ἀσμενω
ASMENŌ, asmenō
Sounds Like: ahs-MEH-noh
Translations: glad, well-pleased, welcome, gladly, with pleasure, with delight
From the root: ἈΣΜΕΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Adverb
Explanation: This word describes something that is welcome or pleasing. As an adjective, it means 'glad' or 'well-pleased'. When used adverbially (often as ἈΣΜΕΝΩΣ), it means 'gladly' or 'with pleasure', indicating an action performed with willingness and delight. The form ἈΣΜΕΝΩ can be the dative singular of the adjective, meaning 'to/for a glad one' or 'to/for a welcome thing', or it can function adverbially as 'gladly', similar to ἈΣΜΕΝΩΣ.
Inflection: Dative, Singular, Masculine or Neuter (Adjective); Adverbial form
Strong’s number: G795 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 19 — 1:48
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΣΜΕΝΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΣΜΕΝΟΙ — glad, well-pleased, welcome, gladly, with pleasure
- ἈΣΜΕΝΟΙΤ' — glad, pleased, welcome, with pleasure, gladly
- ἈΣΜΕΝΟΣ — glad, joyful, well-pleased, with pleasure, gladly, joyfully
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