ΜΕΤΕΣΚΗΝΟΥΝ, μετεσκηνουν
METESKĒNOUN, meteskēnoun
Sounds Like: meh-tes-kee-NOON
Translations: they moved, they migrated, they changed their dwelling, they changed their tent
From the root: ΜΕΤΑΣΚΗΝΟΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb meaning 'to change one's tent or dwelling place,' 'to move,' or 'to migrate.' It describes the action of relocating from one place to another, often implying a temporary or nomadic change of residence, like moving a tent. It is typically used to describe a group of people performing this action.
Inflection: Third Person Plural, Imperfect Indicative, Active Voice
Strong’s number: G3346 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 3 — 5:77
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΕΤΑΣΚΗΝΟΩ.
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.
- ΜΕΤΑΣΚΗΝΟΥΝ — to change one's dwelling, to remove, to depart, to migrate
- ΜΕΤΑΣΚΗΝΟΩ — to change one's dwelling, to move, to depart
- ΜΕΤΑΣΚΗΝΩΣΑΙ — to change one's dwelling, to move, to migrate, to transfer, to depart
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