ΜΙΧΑΝΟΝ, μιχανον
MICHANON, michanon
Sounds Like: mee-KHA-non
Translations: device, contrivance, machine, engine, a device, a contrivance
From the root: ΜΗΧΑΝΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a device, contrivance, or machine, often implying an ingenious or cunning invention. It can be used to describe any tool or means by which something is accomplished, whether for good or ill. In a broader sense, it can also refer to a plan or scheme.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G3189 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 7 — 5:116
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΗΧΑΝΗ.
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.
- ΜΗΧΑΝΑΙ — machines, devices, contrivances, engines, plans, schemes
- ΜΗΧΑΝΑΙΣ — by devices, by machines, by contrivances, by engines, by plans, by schemes
- ΜΗΧΑΝΑΣ — machines, devices, contrivances, schemes, plots
- ΜΗΧΑΝΑΣἨΡΟΝ — machines, devices, contrivances
- ΜΗΧΑΝΑΣΗΡΟΝ — unknown
- ΜΗΧΑΝΕΑΣ — of a device, of a machine, of an instrument, of a contrivance, of a stratagem, of a trick
- ΜΗΧΑΝΗ — device, a device, contrivance, a contrivance, machine, a machine, engine, an engine, plan, a plan, scheme, a scheme, means, a means, stratagem, a stratagem
- ΜΗΧΑΝΗΜΑ — device, a device, machine, a machine, contrivance, a contrivance, invention, an invention, engine, an engine, instrument, an instrument, stratagem, a stratagem, trick, a trick
- ΜΗΧΑΝΗΜΑΤΑ — devices, machines, contrivances, inventions, engines, instruments, mechanisms, implements, stratagems, plots, schemes
- ΜΗΧΑΝΗΝ — machine, a machine, device, a device, contrivance, a contrivance, means, a means, method, a method, plan, a plan, stratagem, a stratagem
- ΜΗΧΑΝΗΣ — of machine, of device, of contrivance, of engine, of siege engine, of plan, of scheme
- ΜΗΧΑΝΗΤΟΣ — contrived, devised, artificial, made by art, mechanical
- ΜΗΧΑΝΩΝ — of machines, of devices, of contrivances, of engines, of instruments, of means, of plans, of plots
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