ΜΑΝΤΕΙΑ, μαντεια
MANTEIA, manteia
Sounds Like: man-TEH-yah
Translations: divination, soothsaying, oracle, a divination
From the root: ΜΑΝΤΕΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the act or practice of divination, which is the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of an occultic, standardized process or ritual. It can also refer to the oracle or prophecy itself that is received through such means. It is typically used in contexts related to pagan or non-biblical prophetic practices.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Accusative, or Vocative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3132 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Pseudo-Baruch
- The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 13:4
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, ΜΑΝΤΕΙΑ.
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.
- ΜΑΝΤΕΙΑΙ — divinations, prophecies, oracles, a divination, a prophecy, an oracle
- ΜΑΝΤΕΙΑΙΣ — (to) divination, (to) oracles, (to) prophecies
- ΜΑΝΤΕΙΑΝ — divination, a divination, oracle, soothsaying
- ΜΑΝΤΕΙΑΣ — of divination, of soothsaying, of prophecy, of an oracle
- ΜΑΝΤΕΙΩΝ — of divination, of oracles, of soothsaying, of prophecies
- ΜΑΝΤΙΑΙ — divinations, prophecies, oracles, soothsayings
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