ΣΤΕΝΟΝΤΟΣ, στενοντος
STENONTOS, stenontos
Sounds Like: steh-NON-tos
Translations: of groaning, of sighing, of lamenting
From the root: ΣΤΕΝΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a present active participle derived from the verb 'στενώ' (stenō), meaning 'to groan' or 'to sigh'. As a participle, it functions like an adjective or adverb, describing an action or state. In this genitive form, it often indicates possession or origin, or it can be used in a genitive absolute construction to describe a concurrent action.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine or Neuter, Present, Active
Strong’s number: G4726 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 7 — 10:254
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.
- ΣΤΕΝΕΙΝ — to groan, to sigh, to lament, to sigh deeply, to grieve
- 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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