ΠΟΘΕΙΝΟΣ, ποθεινος
POTHEINOS, potheinos
Sounds Like: poh-THAY-nohs
Translations: longed for, desired, desirable, beloved, dear
From the root: ΠΟΘΕΙΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something or someone that is greatly desired, longed for, or yearned for. It conveys a sense of affection and strong emotional attachment, indicating that the object of desire is precious and highly valued. It can be used to describe people, places, or things that one wishes to have or be with.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G4375 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 11:9
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 4:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΟΘΕΙΝΟΣ.
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.
- ΠΟΘΕΙΝΗ — longed for, desired, beloved, dear, a longed-for one, a desired one
- ΠΟΘΕΙΝΟΤΑΤΗΣ — of most longed for, of most desired, of most yearned for
- ΠΟΘΕΙΝΟΤΕΡΑ — more longed for, more desired, more yearned for, more desirable
- ΠΟΘΕΙΝΟΤΕΡΑΝ — more longed for, more desirable, more yearned for
- ΠΟΘΕΙΝΟΤΕΡΟΝ — more longed for, more desired, more yearned for, more desirable
- ΠΟΘΕΙΝΟΥ — of longed for, of desired, of yearned for, of beloved, a longed for one, a desired one, a yearned for one, a beloved one
- ΠΟΘΙΝΟΥΣ — longed for, desired, yearned for, missed
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