ΓΛΥΚΑΙΝΕΙΝ, γλυκαινειν
GLYKAINEIN, glykainein
Sounds Like: gly-KAI-neen
Translations: to sweeten, to make sweet, to make pleasant
From the root: ΓΛΥΚΑΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to sweeten' or 'to make sweet'. It can also be used metaphorically to mean 'to make pleasant' or 'to make agreeable'. It describes the action of adding sweetness or making something more enjoyable. For example, one might sweeten a drink or make a situation more pleasant.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1197 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Sirach — 47:9
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Sirach — 47:9
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΓΛΥΚΑΙΝΩ.
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.
- ΓΛΥΚΑΙΝΕΙ — sweetens, makes sweet, to sweeten, to make sweet
- ΓΛΥΚΑΙΝΩ — to sweeten, to make sweet
- ΓΛΥΚΑΝΕΙ — he sweetens, he makes sweet, he makes pleasant, he flatters, he makes agreeable
- ΓΛΥΚΑΝΘΗ — to be sweetened, to become sweet
- ΓΛΥΚΑΝΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will be sweetened, will become sweet
- ἘΓΛΥΚΑΝΑΣ — you sweetened, you made sweet
- ἘΓΛΥΚΑΝΘΗ — was made sweet, became sweet, was sweetened
- ἘΓΛΥΚΑΝΘΗΣΑΝ — they were sweetened, they became sweet, they were made sweet
- ΕΓΛΥΚΑΝΑΣ — you sweetened, you made sweet
- ΕΓΛΥΚΑΝΘΗ — was made sweet, became sweet, was sweetened, became sweetened
- ΕΓΛΥΚΑΝΘΗΣΑΝ — they were sweetened, they became sweet
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