ΠΑΙΑΝΙΖΩ, παιανιζω
PAIANIZŌ, paianizō
Sounds Like: pah-ee-ah-NEE-zoh
Translations: sing a paean, sing a hymn of praise, sing a song of thanksgiving, sing a song of triumph
From the root: ΠΑΙΑΝΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to sing a paean, which is a hymn of praise, thanksgiving, or triumph, typically addressed to a deity or sung in celebration of a victory. It describes the act of vocalizing such a song, often with a sense of joy or exultation. It implies a formal or ritualistic singing rather than casual singing.
Inflection: First person singular, present active indicative
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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, ΠΑΙΑΝΙΖΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΑΙΑΝΙΖΟΝ — they were singing a paean, they were shouting a paean, they were celebrating with a paean
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