ἘΝΓΑΣΤΡΙΜΥΘΟΙΣ, ἐνγαστριμυθοις
ENGASTRIMYTHOIS, engastrimythois
Sounds Like: en-gas-tree-MY-thoys
Translations: (to) ventriloquists, (to) soothsayers, (to) mediums
From the root: ἘΝΓΑΣΤΡΙΜΥΘΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This is a compound word formed from 'ἐν' (in), 'γαστήρ' (belly), and 'μῦθος' (speech or word). It literally means 'one who speaks from the belly'. In ancient contexts, it referred to a person believed to be possessed by a spirit that spoke through them, often associated with divination or necromancy. It is used to describe those who practice forbidden arts of communication with spirits, often translated as 'ventriloquists' or 'mediums' in a spiritual sense.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1729 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΝΓΑΣΤΡΙΜΥΘΟΣ.
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.
- ἘΝΓΑΣΤΡΙΜΥΘΟΝ — ventriloquist, a ventriloquist, one who has a familiar spirit, a soothsayer
- ἘΝΓΑΣΤΡΙΜΥΘΟΣ — ventriloquist, soothsayer, necromancer, wizard, a ventriloquist, a soothsayer
- ἘΝΓΑΣΤΡΙΜΥΘΟΥΣ — ventriloquist, soothsayer, necromancer, wizard, a ventriloquist, a soothsayer, a necromancer, a wizard
- ἘΝΓΑΣΤΡΙΜΥΘΩ — ventriloquist, soothsayer, necromancer, wizard, a ventriloquist, a soothsayer, a necromancer, a wizard
- ἘΝΓΑΣΤΡΙΜΥΘΩΝ — of ventriloquists, of soothsayers, of necromancers
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