ΣΕΜΝΟΣ, σεμνος
SEMNOS, semnos
Sounds Like: SEM-nos
Translations: reverent, venerable, serious, honorable, grave, dignified, a reverent, a venerable, a serious, an honorable, a grave, a dignified
From the root: ΣΕΜΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something or someone as worthy of respect, honorable, or serious. It implies a sense of dignity and gravity, often associated with moral integrity and a composed demeanor. It can be used to describe people, actions, or things that command respect due to their inherent worth or solemnity.
Inflection: Nominative, Singular, Masculine
Strong’s number: G4586 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 5:15
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΕΜΝΟΣ.
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.
- ΣΕΜΝ — reverend, venerable, serious, grave, holy, worthy of respect, honorable
- ΣΕΜΝΑ — reverent, venerable, serious, honorable, dignified, sacred, holy
- ΣΕΜΝΑΙ — reverent, honorable, respectable, serious, dignified
- ΣΕΜΝΑΣ — reverent, dignified, serious, honorable, respectable
- ΣΕΜΝΗ — reverent, venerable, serious, dignified, honorable, modest, a reverent one, a venerable one
- ΣΕΜΝΗΝ — reverent, a reverent, venerable, a venerable, serious, a serious, honorable, an honorable, modest, a modest
- ΣΕΜΝΗΣ — of a reverent, of a venerable, of a serious, of an honorable, of a dignified
- ΣΕΜΝΟΙ — reverent, honorable, serious, dignified, worthy of respect
- ΣΕΜΝΟΝ — reverent, serious, honorable, respectable, venerable, noble, a reverent thing, a serious thing, an honorable thing, a respectable thing, a venerable thing, a noble thing
- ΣΕΜΝΟΤΑΤΗΣ — most venerable, most holy, most august, most serious, most respectable, most honorable
- ΣΕΜΝΟΤΑΤΟΣ — most reverent, most venerable, most serious, most honorable, most respectable
- ΣΕΜΝΟΤΑΤΟΥ — (of) most venerable, (of) most reverend, (of) most honorable, (of) most serious, (of) most august
- ΣΕΜΝΟΤΕΡΟΝ — more solemn, more venerable, more honorable, more serious, more reverent, more respectable
- ΣΕΜΝΟΤΕΡΩΝ — of more venerable, of more serious, of more honorable, of more reverent
- ΣΕΜΝΟΥ — of reverend, of venerable, of serious, of honorable, of worthy of respect, of a reverend, of a venerable, of a serious, of an honorable, of a worthy of respect
- ΣΕΜΝΟΥΣ — honorable, a honorable, respectable, a respectable, serious, a serious, dignified, a dignified, reverent, a reverent
- ΣΕΜΝΩ — reverently, honorably, seriously, gravely, with dignity, solemnly
- ΣΕΜΝΩΝ — of reverent, of venerable, of honorable, of serious, of dignified
- ΣΕΜΝΩΣ — reverently, honorably, seriously, gravely, with dignity, becomingly, decorously
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