ΦΘΙΝΟΥΣΑΝ, φθινουσαν
PHTHINOUSAN, phthinousan
Sounds Like: fthi-NOO-san
Translations: waning, diminishing, fading, decaying, wasting away, a waning, a diminishing
From the root: ΦΘΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word describes something that is in the process of decreasing, decaying, or wasting away. It is often used to refer to the moon as it wanes, or to things that are losing their strength, size, or vitality over time. It functions as an adjective describing a noun, indicating that the noun is undergoing a process of decline.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Accusative, Singular, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5351 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Job — 31:26
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΘΙΝΩ.
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.
- ΟΦΘΙΣΑ — I wasted away, I perished, I decayed, I withered, I faded
- ΦΘΙΝΕΙ — he wastes away, she wastes away, it wastes away, he decays, she decays, it decays, he perishes, she perishes, it perishes, he declines, she declines, it declines, he dwindles, she dwindles, it dwindles
- ΦΘΙΝΟΝ — perishing, decaying, wasting away, fading, diminishing
- ΦΘΙΝΟΥΣΕΝ — fading, waning, perishing, decaying, wasting away
- ΦΘΙΝΩ — to waste away, to perish, to decay, to decline, to wane, to dwindle
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