ΟἸΩΝΙΣΜΩ, οἰωνισμω
OIŌNISMŌ, oiōnismō
Sounds Like: oy-oh-niz-MO
Translations: (to) divination, (to) augury, (to) soothsaying
From the root: ΟἸΩΝΙΣΜΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the practice of divination, augury, or soothsaying, which involves attempting to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge by supernatural means. It is often associated with practices considered illicit or pagan in ancient contexts. In the provided usage, it appears in the dative case, indicating the means or instrument by which an action is performed, or the recipient of an action.
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G3649 (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, ΟἸΩΝΙΣΜΟΣ.
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.
- ΟἸΩΝΙΣΜΟΙ — divinations, omens, auguries, soothsayings
- ΟἸΩΝΙΣΜΟΣ — divination, augury, omen, a divination, an augury, an omen
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