ΜΕΘΕΙΣ, μεθεις
METHEIS, metheis
Sounds Like: meh-THEYS
Translations: letting go, releasing, abandoning, allowing, neglecting, giving up
From the root: ΜΕΘΙΗΜΙ
Part of Speech: Verb (Participle)
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb 'μεθίημι' (methiēmi), which means 'to let go,' 'to release,' 'to abandon,' or 'to allow.' It is a compound word formed from 'μετά' (meta), meaning 'with' or 'after,' and 'ἵημι' (hiēmi), meaning 'to send' or 'to throw.' As a participle, it describes an action that is happening concurrently with or in relation to the main verb of the sentence, functioning like an adjective or adverb. It can describe someone who is in the act of letting go or releasing something.
Inflection: Masculine, Singular, Nominative, Aorist Active Participle
Strong’s number: G3375 (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, ΜΕΘΙΗΜΙ.
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.
- ΜΕΘΙΗΜΙ — to let go, to let fall, to neglect, to abandon, to give up, to relax, to remit, to release
- ΜΕΘΙΗΣΙ — he lets go, he sends away, he releases, he abandons, he neglects, he permits
- ΜΕΘΙΗΣΙΝ — to let go, to let fall, to release, to send away, to abandon, to neglect
- ΟΥ̓ΜΕΘΙΕΣΑΝ — they were not letting go, they were not releasing, they were not neglecting, they did not relax
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