ΜΙΣΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΥΣ, μισανθρωπους
MISANTHRŌPOUS, misanthrōpous
Sounds Like: mee-SAN-throh-poos
Translations: misanthropic, man-hating, hating mankind
From the root: ΜΙΣΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone who hates or dislikes humanity. It is a compound word formed from μισέω (miseō), meaning 'to hate', and ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos), meaning 'man' or 'human being'. It is used to characterize individuals or groups who exhibit a strong aversion to people in general.
Inflection: Accusative, Plural, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G3402 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 57:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΙΣΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΣ.
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.
- ΜΙΣΑΝΘΡΩΠΕ — misanthrope, a misanthrope, man-hater, a man-hater
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