ἈΓΕΝΝΗΣ, ἀγεννης
AGENNĒS, agennēs
Sounds Like: ah-GEN-nays
Translations: ignoble, base, low-born, mean, a low-born
From the root: ἈΓΕΝΝΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone or something as ignoble, low-born, or of no account. It is a compound word formed from the negative prefix 'α-' (a-, meaning 'not' or 'without') and 'γέννος' (gennos), meaning 'birth' or 'race'. Therefore, it literally means 'without birth' or 'not of noble birth'. It can be used to describe a person's social standing or character, indicating a lack of nobility or worth.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G0026 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 8:129
Justin Martyr
- Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:8
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΓΕΝΝΗΣ.
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.
- ἈΓΕΝΝΕΙΣ — ignoble, base, low-born, mean, common, without family, without lineage, ignoble ones, base ones
- ἈΓΕΝΝΕΣΤΑΤΟΝ — most ignoble, most base, most low-born, the most ignoble thing, the most base thing
- ἈΓΕΝΝΟΥΣ — ignoble, base, low-born, mean, ignoble ones, base ones
- ἈΓΕΝΝΩΝ — of ignoble ones, of low-born ones, of base ones, of unmanly ones
- ἈΓΕΝΝΩΣ — ignobly, basely, cowardly, unworthily
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