ἘΔΥΝΕΝ, ἐδυνεν
EDYNEN, edynen
Sounds Like: EH-doo-nen
Translations: was setting, was going down, set, went down
From the root: ΔΥΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to set' or 'to go down', typically used in reference to the sun or other celestial bodies. It describes the action of something descending below the horizon. In the provided context, it refers to the sun setting.
Inflection: Imperfect, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G1416 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Samuel — 2:24
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
- ΔΥΝΟΝΤΟΣ — setting, sinking, going down
- 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
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