ΜΙΣΟΠΟΝΗΡΗΣΑΙ, μισοπονηρησαι
MISOPONĒRĒSAI, misoponērēsai
Sounds Like: mee-so-po-nee-REE-sai
Translations: to hate evil, to be a hater of evil, to detest wickedness
From the root: ΜΙΣΕΩ, ΠΟΝΗΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from 'to hate' (μισέω) and 'evil' (πονηρός). It means to hate or detest evil or wickedness. It describes an action or state of having an aversion to what is morally bad or harmful.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s numbers: G3404 (Lookup on BibleHub), G4190 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 8:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΙΣΕΩ, ΠΟΝΗΡΟΣ.
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.
- ΜΙΣΟΠΟΝΗΡΕΥΣΑΝΤΕΣ — hating evil, having hated evil, being evil-hating
- ΜΙΣΟΠΟΝΗΡΩΝ — hating evil, hating wickedness, a hater of evil, a hater of wickedness
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