ἘΔΕΙΝΟΥ, ἐδεινου
EDEINOU, edeinou
Sounds Like: eh-DEI-noo
Translations: made terrible, made dreadful, made fearful, made awful, made formidable
From the root: ΔΕΙΝΟΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the imperfect active indicative, third person singular form of the verb 'δεινόω' (deinoō). It means 'he/she/it was making terrible' or 'he/she/it was making dreadful'. It describes an action that was ongoing in the past, emphasizing the process of making something fearful or formidable.
Inflection: Imperfect, Active, Indicative, Third Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G1168 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 17 — 9:237
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΕΙΝΟΩ.
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- ΔΕΙΝΟΥ̓Ν — to make terrible, to make dreadful, to exaggerate, to magnify, to make formidable
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