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Name of God’s Son

ἈΜΗΧΑΝΗΣΑΣ, ἀμηχανησας

AMĒCHANĒSAS, amēchanēsas

Sounds Like: ah-may-khah-NEE-sas

Translations: being at a loss, being perplexed, being helpless, having been at a loss, having been perplexed, having been helpless

From the root: ΑΜΗΧΑΝΕΩ

Part of Speech: Verb, Participle

Explanation: This word is an aorist active participle of the verb 'ἀμηχανέω' (amēchaneō), meaning 'to be at a loss,' 'to be perplexed,' or 'to be helpless.' As a participle, it describes an action that has already occurred, often functioning adverbially to indicate the circumstances or cause of the main verb's action. It conveys a state of being without resources or a way forward.

Inflection: Aorist, Active, Participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Strong’s number: G0275 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

From the same root

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

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.

  • ἈΜΗΧΑΝΟΥΝ — being at a loss, being perplexed, being helpless, being without resources, being in distress
  • ἈΜΗΧΑΝΟΥΝΤΕΣ — being at a loss, being perplexed, being helpless, being without resource, being in distress
  • ἈΜΗΧΑΝΩ — I am at a loss, I am helpless, I am perplexed, I am without resources, I am in despair
  • ΑΜΗΧΑΝΕΙΝ — to be at a loss, to be perplexed, to be without resources, to be helpless
  • ΑΜΗΧΑΝΕΩ — to be at a loss, to be perplexed, to be without resources, to be helpless, to be in despair
  • ΑΜΗΧΑΝΟΥΝΤΑΣ — being at a loss, being perplexed, being without resources, being helpless, being in distress

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