ΜΑΧΛΩΣΑΣ, μαχλωσας
MACHLŌSAS, machlōsas
Sounds Like: makh-LOH-sas
Translations: being lustful, having played the harlot, having been wanton
From the root: ΜΑΧΛΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is an aorist active participle derived from the verb 'machlao', meaning 'to be lustful' or 'to play the harlot'. As a participle, it describes an action completed in the past, functioning like an adjective to modify a noun or pronoun, indicating someone who has engaged in lustful or wanton behavior.
Inflection: Aorist Active Participle, Masculine, Nominative Singular
Strong’s number: G3173 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:81
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΑΧΛΑΩ.
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.
- ΜΑΧΛΩΝ — lustful, wanton, lewd, unchaste
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