ΣΕΜΝΥΝΩΝ, σεμνυνων
SEMNYNŌN, semnynōn
Sounds Like: sem-NY-non
Translations: magnifying, glorifying, exalting, making honorable, making august
From the root: ΣΕΜΝΥΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a present active participle, meaning 'magnifying' or 'glorifying'. It describes an action of making something or someone more honorable, august, or revered. It can be used to describe someone who is exalting or giving importance to something, often in a religious or formal context.
Inflection: Singular, Masculine, Nominative, Present, Active, Participle
Strong’s number: G4583 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΕΜΝΥΝΩ.
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.
- ἘΣΕΜΝΥΝΕΝ — he/she/it made honorable, he/she/it glorified, he/she/it made august, he/she/it made venerable
- ἘΣΕΜΝΥΝΟΝ — they were exalting themselves, they were glorifying themselves, they were making themselves august
- ΣΕΜΝΥΝΟΜΕΝΟΙ — being made honorable, being glorified, priding themselves, boasting, exalting themselves
- ΣΕΜΝΥΝΟΜΕΝΟΣ — glorifying oneself, boasting, being glorified, being honored, being made honorable
- ΣΕΜΝΥΝΟΝΤΑΙ — they are made honorable, they are made venerable, they are made august, they are made reverent, they are made serious, they are made grave, they are made dignified, they are made respectable, they boast, they pride themselves
- ΣΕΜΝΥΝΩ — to make holy, to make honorable, to make august, to glorify, to make venerable, to make respectable, to make grave, to make serious
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