ΘΡΗΝΟΥΣ, θρηνους
THRĒNOUS, thrēnous
Sounds Like: THRAY-noos
Translations: lamentations, a lamentation, mourning, wailing
From the root: ΘΡΗΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a lamentation, a wailing, or a mourning song. It is typically used to describe expressions of deep sorrow, grief, or distress, often involving weeping or crying aloud. It can be used in contexts of mourning for the dead or expressing profound sadness over unfortunate events.
Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2355 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
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, ΘΡΗΝΟΣ.
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.
- ΘΡΗΝΗΜΑ — lamentation, a lamentation, wailing, a wailing, mourning, a mourning
- ΘΡΗΝΟ — lamentation, a lamentation, dirge, a dirge, wailing, a wailing
- ΘΡΗΝΟΙΣ — (to) laments, (with) laments, (by) laments, lamentations
- ΘΡΗΝΟΝ — lament, lamentation, a lament, a lamentation
- ΘΡΗΝΟΣ — lament, wailing, mourning, a lament, a wailing, a mourning
- ΘΡΗΝΟΥ — of lamentation, of wailing, of mourning
- ΡΗΝΟΝ — lamentation, a lamentation, mourning, dirge
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