ἘΜΕΛΑΝΗΣΑΝ, ἐμελανησαν
EMELANĒSAN, emelanēsan
Sounds Like: eh-meh-LAH-nee-sahn
Translations: they became black, they were blackened, they turned black
From the root: ΜΕΛΑΝΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to become black' or 'to be blackened'. It describes a process where something changes color to black. It is used to indicate that a group of subjects underwent this change.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person Plural
Strong’s number: G3186 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 9 — 8:7
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΕΛΑΝΙΖΩ.
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.
- ΜΕΛΑΝΗΣΕΙ — will blacken, will become black, will be black
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