ΒΑΣΚΑΙΝΟΝΤΩΝ, βασκαινοντων
BASKAINONTŌN, baskainontōn
Sounds Like: bas-KAI-non-ton
Translations: bewitching, envying, casting an evil eye, slandering
From the root: ΒΑΣΚΑΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb 'baskainō', which means to bewitch, to envy, or to cast an evil eye upon someone. It can also mean to slander or speak ill of someone. It describes an action of malicious influence or ill-will, often implying a supernatural or harmful gaze. In a sentence, it would describe someone who is performing such an action, for example, 'those who are bewitching' or 'those who are envying'.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Genitive, Plural, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G0940 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 76:425
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΒΑΣΚΑΙΝΩ.
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.
- ΒΑΣΚΑΙΝΟΝΤΑΣ — bewitching, envying, casting an evil eye upon
- ΒΑΣΚΑΙΝΟΝΤΕΣ — bewitching, enchanting, casting an evil eye upon, envying, slandering
- ΒΑΣΚΑΙΝΟΝΤΟΣ — envying, bewitching, casting an evil eye, slandering
- ΒΑΣΚΑΙΝΟΥΣΙ — they bewitch, they envy, they cast an evil eye upon, they fascinate
- ΒΑΣΚΑΙΝΩ — to bewitch, to envy, to cast an evil eye upon, to fascinate
- ΒΑΣΚΑΙΝΩΝ — bewitching, envying, casting an evil eye, begrudging
- ΒΑΣΚΑΝΕΙ — bewitches, casts an evil eye upon, envies
- ΒΑΣΚΑΝΩΝ — of bewitching, of envying, of maligning, of slandering
- ἘΒΑΣΚΑΝΑΤΕ — bewitched, cast an evil eye upon, envied
- ἘΒΑΣΚΑΝΕΝ — bewitched, cast an evil eye upon, enchanted
- ΕΒΑΣΚΑΝΕΝ — bewitched, cast an evil eye upon, envied, fascinated
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