ΠΙΘΑΝΟΝ, πιθανον
PITHANON, pithanon
Sounds Like: pee-tha-NON
Translations: plausible, probable, persuasive, likely, probably, a plausible thing, a probable thing
From the root: ΠΙΘΑΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Adverb
Explanation: This word describes something that is likely to be true or easily believed, often because it is persuasive or convincing. As an adjective, it can modify a noun, indicating that the noun possesses the quality of being plausible or probable. As a neuter singular form, it can function as a noun meaning 'the plausible' or 'the probable'. It can also function as an adverb, meaning 'probably' or 'plausibly'.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G4006 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΙΘΑΝΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΠΙΘΑΝΟΝ — implausible, unconvincing, incredible, improbable, unbelievable
- ΠΙΘΑΝ — persuasive, plausible, probable, a persuasive, a plausible, a probable
- ΠΙΘΑΝΑ — persuasive, plausible, probable, credible, a persuasive thing, a plausible thing
- ΠΙΘΑΝΑΣ — plausible, persuasive, probable, convincing
- ΠΙΘΑΝΗ — persuasive, plausible, probable, credible
- ΠΙΘΑΝΗΝ — plausible, persuasive, probable, a plausible, a persuasive, a probable
- ΠΙΘΑΝΟΙΣ — (to) persuasive, (to) plausible, (to) credible, (to) probable
- ΠΙΘΑΝΟΣ — persuasive, plausible, probable, a persuasive one, a plausible one
- ΠΙΘΑΝΩΣ — probably, plausibly, likely, credibly
- ΠΙΘΑΝΩΤΑΤΟΙ — most persuasive, most plausible, most convincing, the most persuasive, the most plausible, the most convincing
- ΠΙΘΑΝΩΤΑΤΟΣ — most persuasive, most plausible, most convincing, most probable
- ΠΙΘΑΝΩΤΕΡΑ — more plausible, more persuasive, more probable, a more plausible thing, more plausible things
- ΠΙΘΑΝΩΤΕΡΟΝ — more plausible, more persuasive, more probable, more credible, more convincing
- ΠΙΘΑΝΩΤΕΡΟΣ — more plausible, more persuasive, more probable, more credible
- ΠΙΘΑΝΩΤΕΡΟΥΣ — more persuasive, more plausible, more credible, more convincing
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