ΒΑΣΚΑΙΝΟΥΣΙ, βασκαινουσι
BASKAINOUSI, baskainousi
Sounds Like: bas-KAI-noo-see
Translations: they bewitch, they envy, they cast an evil eye upon, they fascinate
From the root: ΒΑΣΚΑΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the act of bewitching, enchanting, or casting an evil eye upon someone, often out of envy or malice. It implies a harmful influence or a malevolent gaze that can bring misfortune or harm. It can also simply mean to envy someone. It is used in sentences to describe a group of people performing this action.
Inflection: Present, Active, Indicative, Third Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G0940 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 10 — 11:250
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
- ΒΑΣΚΑΙΝΟΝΤΩΝ — bewitching, envying, casting an evil eye, slandering
- 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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