2001 Translation

AMEINON, ameinon

Sounds Like: ah-MEH-ee-non

Translations: better, more excellent, more advantageously, more profitably

From the root: ἈΜΕΙΝΩΝ

Part of Speech: Adjective, Adverb

Explanation: This word is the comparative form of the adjective 'ἀγαθός' (agathos), meaning 'good'. It signifies 'better' or 'more excellent' and can function as both an adjective, describing a noun, or an adverb, modifying a verb or another adjective, indicating something is done 'more excellently' or 'more advantageously'. It is often used in constructions comparing two things or actions.

Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative; or Adverbial

Strong’s number: G290 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:34, 10:76, 11:27, 12:18, 12:22

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 57:2

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 13:2, 15:1
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 6:1
• Ignatius’ Letter to Polycarp — 1:2
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Magnesians — 7:1

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 22:184
• Book Two — 22:184

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 8:161
• Book 2 — 3:30, 4:46
• Book 4 — 1:7, 8:187
• Book 6 — 14:342
• Book 7 — 9:229
• Book 10 — 9:167
• Book 13 — 5:152, 12:330
• Book 14 — 13:325
• Book 15 — 5:113

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 20:16, 22:24, 31:5
• Book Two — 16:25, 18:39
• Book Four — 2:35, 6:18

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 8:3

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 7:29, 14:77, 31:154, 54:278, 65:357, 65:359

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΜΕΙΝΩΝ.

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.

• ἈΜΕΙΝΟΝΙ — (to) better
• ἈΜΕΙΝΟΝΟΣ — of better, of more excellent, of superior

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