ὈΞΥΝΟΥ, ὀξυνου
OXYNOU, oxynou
Sounds Like: ox-Y-noo
Translations: sharpen, make sharp, whet, make keen, be sharpened, be made sharp
From the root: ΟΞΥΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to sharpen or make something keen. It is often used in the context of weapons, like a sword or an arrow, to make them more effective. It can also be used metaphorically to mean to make something more acute or intense. In the provided context, it is an imperative, commanding something to be sharpened.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive Voice, Imperative, Singular, Second Person
Strong’s number: G3694 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟΞΥΝΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΟΞΥΝΕΙΝ — to sharpen, to incite, to provoke, to stir up
- ὈΞΥΝΑΙ — to sharpen, to make sharp, to make keen, to incite, to provoke
- ὈΞΥΝΕΙ — sharpens, makes sharp, incites, provokes
- ὈΞΥΝΘΗ — was sharpened, might be sharpened, would be sharpened
- ΟΞΥΝΑΙ — to sharpen, to provoke, to exasperate, to incite, to stir up
- ΟΞΥΝΕΙ — to sharpen, to provoke, to stir up, to irritate, to exasperate
- ΟΞΥΝΘΗ — was provoked, was sharpened, was incited, was exasperated
- ΟΞΥΝΟΥ — sharpen, make sharp, incite, provoke, exasperate, irritate, make angry
- ΟΞΥΝΩ — sharpen, make sharp, incite, provoke, stir up, exasperate
- ὨΞΙΣΑΝ — they sharpened, they made sharp
- ὨΞΥΝΕΝ — sharpened, made sharp
- ΩΞΥΝΕΝ — he sharpened, he provoked, he incited, he exasperated
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