ΟΞΥΝΕΙ, οξυνει
OXYNEI, oxynei
Sounds Like: ox-OO-nee
Translations: to sharpen, to provoke, to stir up, to irritate, to exasperate
From the root: ΟΞΥΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to sharpen' in a literal sense, but more commonly used metaphorically to mean 'to provoke' or 'to stir up' someone's emotions, particularly anger or irritation. It describes the act of making something or someone more intense or acute.
Inflection: Third Person, Singular, Present, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G3947 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
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
- ΟΞΥΝΑΙ — to sharpen, to provoke, to exasperate, to incite, to stir up
- 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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