ΠΑΡΑΙΝΟΥΝΤΑΣ, παραινουντας
PARAINOUNTAS, parainountas
Sounds Like: pah-rah-ee-NOON-tahs
Translations: advising, exhorting, urging, encouraging
From the root: ΠΑΡΑΙΝΕΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a present active participle derived from the verb 'παραινέω' (paraineō), meaning 'to advise' or 'to exhort'. It is a compound word formed from 'παρά' (para), meaning 'beside' or 'alongside', and 'αἰνέω' (aineō), meaning 'to praise' or 'to approve'. As a participle, it functions like an adjective or adverb, describing an action performed by someone or something, often translated as 'advising' or 'those who are advising'. It indicates an ongoing action of giving counsel or encouragement.
Inflection: Accusative, Masculine, Plural, Present Active Participle
Strong’s number: G3867 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 9 — 13:265
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΡΑΙΝΕΩ.
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.
- ΠΑΡΑΙΝΕΘΕΝΤΑ — exhorted, advised, admonished, instructed, things exhorted, things advised
- ΠΑΡΑΙΝΕΣΑΝΤΑΣ — having exhorted, having advised, having admonished, those who exhorted, those who advised, those who admonished
- ΠΑΡΑΙΝΕΣΑΝΤΟΣ — of one who exhorted, of one who advised, of one who encouraged
- ΠΑΡΑΙΝΕΣΑΝΤΩΝ — of having exhorted, of having advised, of having encouraged
- ΠΑΡΑΙΝΕΣΑΣ — having exhorted, having advised, having encouraged, having admonished
- ΠΑΡΑΙΝΕΣΟΝΤΕΣ — exhorting, advising, admonishing, encouraging
- ΠΑΡΑΙΝΕΩ — exhort, advise, admonish, recommend, encourage
- ΠΑΡΑΙΝΟΙΗ — he might advise, he might exhort, he might admonish, she might advise, she might exhort, she might admonish, it might advise, it might exhort, it might admonish
- ΠΑΡΑΙΝΟΥΝΤΑ — advising, exhorting, counseling, urging, encouraging
- ΠΑΡΑΙΝΟΥΣΗΣ — of advising, of exhorting, of counseling, of urging, of admonishing
- ΠΑΡΕΝΕΣΕΝ — he exhorted, he advised, he admonished, he encouraged
- ΠΑΡΗΝΕΙ — was advising, was exhorting, was urging, was admonishing
- ΠΑΡΗΝΕΣΑ — I exhorted, I advised, I urged, I admonished
- ΠΑΡΗΝΕΣΑΝ — they exhorted, they advised, they urged, they admonished
- ΠΑΡΗΝΕΣΕ — he exhorted, she exhorted, it exhorted, he advised, she advised, it advised, he admonished, she admonished, it admonished
- ΠΑΡΗΝΕΣΕΝ — he exhorted, he advised, he encouraged, he admonished
- ΠΑΡΗΝΟΥΝ — they were advising, they were exhorting, they were urging, they were admonishing
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