ΜΕΙΟΩ, μειοω
MEIOŌ, meioō
Sounds Like: may-OH-oh
Translations: to make less, to diminish, to decrease, to be made less, to be diminished, to be decreased
From the root: ΜΕΙΟΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to make something smaller, less, or to diminish its quantity or importance. It can be used transitively (to make something else less) or intransitively (to become less oneself). For example, one might say that a river's flow diminishes, or that someone's influence is decreased.
Inflection: Present Active Indicative (1st person singular), or Present Active Infinitive. It is the root form of the verb.
Strong’s number: G3388 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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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, ΜΕΙΟΩ.
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.
- ἘΜΕΙΩΣΕΝ — he diminished, he lessened, he made less
- ΜΕΙΟΥΜΕΝ — we diminish, we decrease, we make less, we lessen
- ΜΕΙΟΥΜΕΝΗΣ — diminishing, decreasing, being made less, being lessened
- ΜΕΙΟΥΜΕΝΟΣ — decreasing, diminishing, being made less, being lessened
- ΜΕΙΟΥΜΕΝΩΝ — of diminishing, of decreasing, of lessening, of those diminishing, of those decreasing, of those lessening
- ΜΕΙΟΥΝ — to make less, to diminish, to lessen, to reduce
- ΜΕΙΟΥΣΘΑΙ — to be made less, to be diminished, to be inferior, to be reduced, to be lessened
- ΜΕΙΩΘΕΝΤΑΣ — having been diminished, having been made less, diminished, reduced
- ΜΕΙΩΣΑΙ — to diminish, to lessen, to make less, to decrease
- ΜΕΙΩΣΑΣ — having diminished, having lessened, having reduced, having made less
- ΜΕΙΩΣΕΙΝ — to diminish, to lessen, to make less
- ΜΕΩΘΗΣΟΝΤΑΙ — they will be diminished, they will be made less, they will decrease
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