ΟΣΦΡΑΙΝΟΜΑΙ, οσφραινομαι
OSPHRAINOMAI, osphrainomai
Sounds Like: os-FRAI-no-mai
Translations: to smell, to perceive by smell, to inhale an odor
From the root: ΟΣΦΡΑΙΝΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to perceive something by the sense of smell, or to inhale an odor. It is a deponent verb, meaning it has a passive grammatical form but an active meaning. It is used to describe the act of smelling, whether actively seeking out a scent or simply perceiving one.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Indicative, 1st Person Singular
Strong’s number: G3744 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟΣΦΡΑΙΝΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ὈΣΦΡΑΙΝΕΣΘΑΙ — to smell, to perceive by smell, to inhale
- ὈΣΦΡΑΙΝΟΜΑΙ — to smell, to perceive by smell, to inhale, to sniff
- ὈΣΦΡΑΝΘΕΙΗ — may smell, may perceive by smell, may inhale, may smell out
- ὈΣΦΡΑΝΘΗΝΑΙ — to smell, to perceive by smell, to inhale, to be smelled, to be perceived by smell
- ὈΣΦΡΑΝΘΩ — I will smell, I will perceive by smell, I will inhale
- ΟΣΦΡΑΝΘΕΙΗ — he might smell, he might perceive by smell, he might inhale
- ΟΣΦΡΑΝΘΗ — he smelled, she smelled, it smelled, he perceived by smell, she perceived by smell, it perceived by smell
- ΟΣΦΡΑΝΘΗΝΑΙ — to smell, to perceive by smell, to sniff
- ΟΣΦΡΑΝΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ — he will smell, it will smell, he will perceive by smell, it will perceive by smell
- ΟΣΦΡΑΝΘΗΣΟΝΤΑΙ — they will smell, they will perceive by smell
- ΟΣΦΡΑΝΘΩΣΙΝ — they may smell, they might smell, they may perceive by smell, they might perceive by smell
- ΟΣΦΡΟΜΕΝΩ — smelling, to smell, perceiving by smell, having smelled
- ὨΣΦΡΑΝΜΑΙ — I have smelled, I have perceived by smell
- ΩΣΦΡΑΝΘΗ — he smelled, she smelled, it smelled, he perceived by smell, she perceived by smell, it perceived by smell
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