ἘΛΕΕΙΝΟΙΣ, ἐλεεινοις
ELEEINOIS, eleeinois
Sounds Like: eh-leh-EE-noys
Translations: (to) pitiful, (to) miserable, (to) wretched
From the root: ἘΛΕΕΙΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone or something as being in a state that evokes pity or compassion, often due to suffering, poverty, or misfortune. It can refer to someone who is miserable, wretched, or deserving of pity. It is used here in the dative plural, indicating 'to/for the pitiful ones' or 'to/for the miserable things'.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G1659 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 14:8
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΛΕΕΙΝΟΣ.
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.
- ἘΛΕΕΙΝΗ — pitiable, miserable, wretched, a pitiable one, a miserable one, a wretched one
- ἘΛΕΕΙΝΗΝ — pitiable, miserable, wretched, a pitiable one, a miserable one, a wretched one
- ἘΛΕΕΙΝΟΙ — pitiable, miserable, wretched, a pitiable one, a miserable one, a wretched one
- ἘΛΕΕΙΝΟΝ — pitiful, miserable, wretched, an object of pity
- ἘΛΕΕΙΝΟΤΕΡΟΙ — more pitiable, more miserable, more wretched
- ἘΛΕΕΙΝΟΥΣ — pitiable, miserable, wretched, a pitiable one, a miserable one, a wretched one
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