ΦΡΑΓΝΥΝΤΕΣ, φραγνυντες
PHRAGNYNTES, phragnyntes
Sounds Like: frag-NOO-n-tes
Translations: breaking, shattering, tearing down, demolishing
From the root: ΦΡΑΓΝΥΜΙ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a present active participle of the verb meaning 'to break', 'to shatter', or 'to demolish'. It describes an action of breaking or tearing down that is ongoing or happening at the same time as the main verb in a sentence. It can be used to describe people or things that are in the process of breaking something.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Nominative or Accusative, Masculine or Neuter, Plural
Strong’s number: G5435 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 18 — 9:315
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΡΑΓΝΥΜΙ.
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.
- ΦΡΑΓΝΥΜΙ — to break, to break in pieces, to break up, to burst, to tear, to rend
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