ΣΤΕΝΕΙΝ, στενειν
STENEIN, stenein
Sounds Like: steh-NEIN
Translations: to groan, to sigh, to lament, to sigh deeply, to grieve
From the root: ΣΤΕΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to groan, sigh, or lament, often expressing deep inner distress, grief, or longing. It can be used to describe the sound made by someone in pain or sorrow, or the internal feeling of being burdened or oppressed. It is typically used intransitively.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G4727 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 6 — 13:290
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΤΕΝΩ.
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.
- ΣΤΕΝΟΝΤΟΣ — of groaning, of sighing, of lamenting
- ΣΤΕΝΟΥ — to groan, to sigh, to lament, to be in distress
- ΣΤΕΝΟΥΣΙΝ — they groan, they sigh, they lament
- ΣΤΕΝΩ — to groan, to sigh, to be in distress, to be constrained, to be narrow
- ΣΤΕΝΩΝ — groaning, sighing, lamenting, a groaning one
- ΤΕΝΩΝ — groaning, sighing, a groaning, a sighing, lamenting, a lamenting
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