ἘΓΓΑΣΤΡΙΜΥΘΩ, ἐγγαστριμυθω
EGGASTRIMYTHŌ, eggastrimythō
Sounds Like: eng-gas-tree-MY-thoh
Translations: to a ventriloquist, to a soothsayer, to a necromancer
From the root: ἘΓΓΑΣΤΡΙΜΥΘΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a ventriloquist, a soothsayer, or a necromancer, someone who claims to speak with the dead or through a spirit. It is a compound word, combining 'ἐν' (en, 'in'), 'γαστήρ' (gastēr, 'belly'), and 'μῦθος' (mythos, 'speech' or 'word'), literally meaning 'one who speaks from the belly'. In ancient contexts, it often referred to individuals believed to be possessed by a spirit that spoke through them, or those who practiced divination by evoking the dead.
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G1427 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 105:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΓΓΑΣΤΡΙΜΥΘΟΣ.
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.
- ἘΓΓΑΣΤΡΙΜΥΘΟΥ — (of) a ventriloquist, (of) a soothsayer, (of) a necromancer, (of) one who has a familiar spirit
- ἘΓΓΑΣΤΡΙΜΥΘΟΥΣ — ventriloquist, soothsayer, necromancer, wizard, a ventriloquist, a soothsayer
- ἘΓΓΑΣΤΡΙΜΥΘΩΝ — (of) ventriloquists, (of) soothsayers, (of) necromancers
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