2001 Translation

MELLĒSEŌS, mellēseōs

Sounds Like: MEL-lay-se-ohs

Translations: of delay, of hesitation, of intention, of being about to

From the root: ΜΕΛΛΗΣΙΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word is a noun meaning 'delay,' 'hesitation,' or 'intention.' It describes the act of being about to do something or the state of delaying an action. It is often used in contexts where there is a postponement or a future action being considered.

Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine

Strong’s number: G3196 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 19 — 8:341

From the same root

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

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.

• ΜΕΛΛΗΣΗ — delay, hesitation, procrastination
• ΜΕΛΛΗΣΙΝ — delay, a delay, hesitation, a hesitation, procrastination, a procrastination
• ΜΕΛΛΗΣΙΣ — delay, a delay, hesitation, a hesitation, procrastination, a procrastination

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