ΣΥΝΙΖΑΝΕΙΝ, συνιζανειν
SYNIZANEIN, synizanein
Sounds Like: soon-ee-ZAH-neen
Translations: to settle down, to sink together, to subside, to sit down together
From the root: ΣΥΝΙΖΑΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition σύν (syn), meaning 'with' or 'together', and the verb ἱζάνω (hizanō), meaning 'to sit' or 'to cause to sit'. It describes the action of settling or sinking together, often implying a gradual descent or collapse. It can be used to describe things like foundations settling, or a crowd sitting down together.
Inflection: Present Active Infinitive
Strong’s number: G4831 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 5 — 8:238
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΥΝΙΖΑΝΩ.
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.
- ΣΥΝΙΖΑΝΟΥΣΑΣ — sitting together, sitting down together, settling together
- ΣΥΝΙΖΑΝΩ — to sit together, to sit down with, to sit with
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