ΗΔΥΝ, ηδυν
ĒDYN, ēdyn
Sounds Like: HEE-doon
Translations: to make sweet, to be sweet, to be pleasant, to be agreeable, to be delightful
From the root: ΗΔΥΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is an inflected form of the verb 'hēdynō', meaning 'to make sweet' or 'to be sweet/pleasant'. It describes something that is delightful, agreeable, or pleasing. It can be used to describe actions, experiences, or qualities that bring joy or satisfaction.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Passive, Third Person Singular (from example 2) or Imperfect, Indicative, Active, Third Person Plural (from example 1), or Imperfect, Indicative, Active, Third Person Singular (from example 3). The form can be ambiguous without context, but it is a past tense form.
Strong’s number: G2234 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
1 Enoch Greek Collection
- 1 Enoch — 100:5
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΗΔΥΝΩ.
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.
- ΗΔΥΝΘΕΙΗ — may it be sweetened, may it be made pleasant, may it be made agreeable
- ΗΔΥΝΘΗ — was sweetened, was made pleasant, was made delightful
- ΗΔΥΝΘΗΣ — you were sweetened, you were made pleasant, you were delighted
- ΗΔΥΝΘΗΣΑΝ — they were made sweet, they were sweetened, they were made pleasant, they were made agreeable
- ΗΔΥΝΘΙΗ — was made sweet, was sweetened, was pleasant, was delightful
- ΗΔΥΝΟΥΣΙ — they sweeten, they make pleasant, they delight, they make agreeable
- ΗΔΥΝΟΥΣΙΝ — they sweeten, they make pleasant, they delight, they gratify
- ΗΔΥΝΩ — to sweeten, to make pleasant, to season, to make agreeable
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