ΓΛΥΚΑΝΕΙ, γλυκανει
GLYKANEI, glykanei
Sounds Like: gly-KAH-nee
Translations: he sweetens, he makes sweet, he makes pleasant, he flatters, he makes agreeable
From the root: ΓΛΥΚΑΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to sweeten' or 'to make sweet'. It can be used literally to describe making something taste sweet, or metaphorically to describe making something pleasant or agreeable, often in the context of speech or flattery. In the provided context, it refers to making one's words pleasant or flattering.
Inflection: Third Person Singular, Present Indicative, Active Voice
Strong’s number: G1196 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
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
- ΓΛΥΚΑΙΝΕΙΝ — to sweeten, to make sweet, to make pleasant
- ΓΛΥΚΑΙΝΩ — to sweeten, to make sweet
- 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
This concordance database is in beta
That means it's an unfinished preview of what we're building and is still being refined and corrected. It was initially generated from Google Gemini 2.5. It will be edited and corrected over time, with additional information added as we go.
It is your responsibility to double-check anything important.
Please report any errors or important missing information.