ΑΚΟΝΗΣΘΑΙ, ακονησθαι
AKONĒSTHAI, akonēsthai
Sounds Like: ah-koh-NEES-thai
Translations: to sharpen, to whet, to be sharpened, to be whetted
From the root: ΑΚΟΝΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the action of sharpening or whetting something, like a blade or a tool. In its passive form, as seen here, it means to be sharpened or to be made keen. It implies preparing something to be effective or incisive.
Inflection: Perfect, Passive, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G0200 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΚΟΝΑΩ.
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.
- ΑΚΟΝΑΩ — to sharpen, to whet
- ΑΚΟΝΗΣΩΜΕΝ — we may sharpen, we shall sharpen, we should sharpen
- ἨΚΟΝΗΜΕΝΑ — sharpened, honed, pointed, things sharpened
- ἨΚΟΝΗΜΕΝΟΝ — sharpened, having been sharpened, a sharpened thing
- ΗΚΟΝΗΜΕΝΑ — sharpened, whetted, pointed, keen
- ΗΚΟΝΗΜΕΝΟΝ — sharpened, having been sharpened, whetted, made sharp
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