ΔΥΝΟΝΤΟΣ, δυνοντος
DYNONTOS, dynontos
Sounds Like: DY-non-tos
Translations: setting, sinking, going down
From the root: ΔΥΝΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a present active participle, meaning 'setting' or 'sinking'. It is often used in the genitive case with 'the sun' (τοῦ ἡλίου) to mean 'at sunset' or 'when the sun was setting', indicating a time or circumstance. It describes something that is in the process of going down or sinking.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine or Neuter, Present Active Participle
Strong’s number: G1414 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Luke — 4:40
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 8 — 15:415
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Kings — 22:36
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Luke — 4:40
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΥΝΩ.
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.
- ΔΥΝΟΝΤΙ — setting, sinking, going down, entering, a setting, a sinking
- ΔΥΝΟΥΣΑ — setting, sinking, going down
- ΔΥΝΤΕΣ — setting, going down, sinking, entering, having entered, having gone down
- ΔΥΝΩ — to be able, to be strong, to have power, to be capable, to be possible
- ἘΔΥΝΕΝ — was setting, was going down, set, went down
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