ΟΞΥΝΑΙ, οξυναι
OXYNAI, oxynai
Sounds Like: ox-Y-nai
Translations: to sharpen, to provoke, to exasperate, to incite, to stir up
From the root: ΟΞΥΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the aorist active infinitive form of the verb 'oxynō'. It means 'to sharpen' in a literal sense, but more commonly in Koine Greek, it means 'to provoke', 'to exasperate', or 'to incite' someone. It describes the action of making someone's feelings or actions more intense, often in a negative way, such as stirring up anger or conflict. It can also mean to make something more acute or keen.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G3949 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Zechariah — 2:4
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
- ὈΞΥΝΟΥ — sharpen, make sharp, whet, make keen, be sharpened, be made sharp
- 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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