ΔΡΑΞΑΜΕΝΟΙ, δραξαμενοι
DRAXAMENOI, draxamenoi
Sounds Like: drah-XAH-meh-noy
Translations: grasping, seizing, taking hold of, having grasped, having seized
From the root: ΔΡΑΣΣΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb 'drassomai', meaning to grasp, seize, or take hold of. It often implies taking advantage of an opportunity or laying hold of something firmly. As a participle, it describes an action performed by the subject of the main verb, often translated as 'having grasped' or 'those who grasped'.
Inflection: Aorist, Middle Voice, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Plural
Strong’s number: G1405 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 19 — 6:309
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΡΑΣΣΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ΔΡΑΞΑΜΕΝΟΣ — taking, seizing, grasping, laying hold of
- ΔΡΑΞΑΣΘΑΙ — to grasp, to seize, to lay hold of, to take hold of
- ΔΡΑΞΑΣΘΕ — take hold of, grasp, seize, lay hold of
- ΔΡΑΞΕΤΑΙ — will grasp, will seize, will take hold of
- ΔΡΑΣΣΟΜΕΝΟΙ — grasping, taking hold of, seizing, laying hold of
- ΔΡΑΣΣΟΜΕΝΟΣ — grasping, taking hold of, seizing, catching
- ἘΔΡΑΞΑΤΟ — grasped, seized, took hold of, caught
- ἘΔΡΑΤΤΕΤΟ — was grasping, was taking hold of, was catching, was laying hold of
- ΕΠΙΔΡΑΞΑΙΝΤΟ — they might grasp, they might seize, they might lay hold of
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