2001 Translation

MANTEIS, manteis

Sounds Like: MAN-tays

Translations: diviners, prophets, soothsayers

From the root: ΜΑΝΤΙΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to individuals who claim to have the ability to foretell future events or interpret divine will, often through omens, dreams, or other mystical means. They were consulted for guidance and predictions in ancient societies.

Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Masculine

Strong’s number: G3134 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 6 — 14:327
• Book 10 — 10:195
• Book 17 — 13:345

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Two — 7:12

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 1 Samuel — 6:2
• Jeremiah — 36:8
• Micah — 3:7
• Zechariah — 10:2

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΑΝΤΙΣ.

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.

• ΜΑΝΤΕΩΝ — of prophets, of diviners, of soothsayers
• ΜΑΝΤΕΩΣ — (of) a prophet, (of) a diviner, (of) a soothsayer
• ΜΑΝΤΙΝ — prophet, a prophet, soothsayer, a soothsayer, diviner, a diviner
• ΜΑΝΤΙΣ — prophet, a prophet, seer, a seer, diviner, a diviner

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