ΗΔΥΝΟΥΣΙ, ηδυνουσι
ĒDYNOUSI, ēdynousi
Sounds Like: hay-DY-noo-see
Translations: they sweeten, they make pleasant, they delight, they make agreeable
From the root: ΗΔΥΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the third person plural present active indicative form of the verb 'ἡδύνω' (hēdynō). It means 'they sweeten' or 'they make pleasant/agreeable/delightful'. It describes an action where a group of subjects makes something more enjoyable or palatable. For example, 'The spices sweeten the food' or 'Their words delight the soul'.
Inflection: Present, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G2234 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Proverbs — 13:19
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.
- ΗΔΥΝ — to make sweet, to be sweet, to be pleasant, to be agreeable, to be delightful
- 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
- 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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