ΜΕΙΔΙΑΩ, μειδιαω
MEIDIAŌ, meidiaō
Sounds Like: may-dee-AH-oh
Translations: to smile, to laugh
From the root: ΜΕΙΔΙΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means 'to smile' or 'to laugh'. It describes the action of expressing amusement or pleasure with a facial expression. It can be used in various contexts where someone is showing a slight or gentle smile, or even a more pronounced laugh.
Inflection: Infinitive, Present, Active. This verb inflects for tense, mood, voice, person, and number.
Strong’s number: G3405 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΕΙΔΙΑΩ.
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.
- ΜΕΙΔΙΑ — to smile, to laugh gently, to look kindly
- ΜΕΙΔΙΑΣΑΙ — to smile, to laugh, to grin
- ΜΕΙΔΙΑΣΑΝΤΟΣ — of having smiled, of one who smiled, when he smiled, after he smiled
- ΜΕΙΔΙΑΣΑΣ — smiling, having smiled, a smiling one
- ΜΕΙΔΙΑΣΑΣΗΣ — of having smiled, of having smiled gently, of having smiled sweetly
- ΜΕΙΔΙΑΣΕΙ — will smile, will laugh gently, will grin
- ΜΕΙΔΙΩΝΤΑ — smiling, a smiling one, one who smiles
- ΜΕΙΔΙΩΝΤΕΣ — smiling, a smiling, laughing, a laughing
- ΜΙΔΙΑΣΕΙ — he will smile, she will smile, it will smile
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