ΕΥ̓ΗΘΗΣ, εὐηθης
EUĒTHĒS, euēthēs
Sounds Like: yoo-AY-thays
Translations: simple, foolish, silly, good-natured, guileless
From the root: ΕΥ̓ΗΘΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone who is simple, naive, or foolish, often in a negative sense, implying a lack of shrewdness or intelligence. It can also, less commonly, refer to someone who is good-natured or guileless. It is used to characterize a person's disposition or mental capacity.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G2116 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 19 — 7:319
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΥ̓ΗΘΗΣ.
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.
- ΕΥ̓ΗΘΕΣ — simple, a simple, foolish, a foolish, silly, a silly, naive, a naive
- ΕΥ̓ΗΘΕΣΤΑΤΟΝ — most simple, most foolish, most naive, a most simple thing, a most foolish thing, a most naive thing
- ΕΥ̓ΗΘΩΣ — simply, foolishly, naively, sincerely
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