ΜΑΝΤΕΙΑΝ, μαντειαν
MANTEIAN, manteian
Sounds Like: man-TEH-ee-an
Translations: divination, a divination, oracle, soothsaying
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 message or revelation obtained through such a practice, often an oracle or prophecy. It is typically used in contexts related to pagan or forbidden practices of seeking knowledge of the future.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3132 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
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.
- ΜΑΝΤΕΙΑ — divination, soothsaying, oracle, a divination
- ΜΑΝΤΕΙΑΙ — divinations, prophecies, oracles, a divination, a prophecy, an oracle
- ΜΑΝΤΕΙΑΙΣ — (to) divination, (to) oracles, (to) prophecies
- 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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