ΠΕΦΟΙΝΙΧΘΑΙ, πεφοινιχθαι
PEPHOINICHTHAI, pephoinichthai
Sounds Like: peh-foy-NIKH-thai
Translations: to have been made red, to have been dyed crimson, to have been stained purple
From the root: ΦΟΙΝΙΣΣΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the perfect passive infinitive of the verb φοινίσσω (phoinissō), meaning 'to make red' or 'to dye crimson/purple'. It describes an action that has been completed in the past, resulting in a state of being reddened or dyed. As an infinitive, it functions like a verbal noun, often used with other verbs or prepositions to express purpose, result, or a completed state.
Inflection: Perfect, Passive, Infinitive
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 3 — 7:183
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΟΙΝΙΣΣΩ.
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.
- ΦΟΙΝΙΚΤΟΝ — purple, dyed purple, red, dyed red
- ΦΟΙΝΙΣΣΟΥΣΙ — they redden, they make red, they dye red
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