ἈΜΗΧΑΝΟΥΝ, ἀμηχανουν
AMĒCHANOUN, amēchanoun
Sounds Like: ah-may-kha-NOON
Translations: being at a loss, being perplexed, being helpless, being without resources, being in distress
From the root: ΑΜΗΧΑΝΕΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word describes someone who is at a loss, perplexed, or without resources, often indicating a state of helplessness or distress. It is used to convey a sense of being unable to find a way out of a difficult situation or to accomplish something. It is a compound word formed from the negative prefix 'ἀ-' (a-, meaning 'not') and 'μηχανή' (mēchanē, meaning 'means' or 'contrivance').
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Neuter, Singular, Nominative or Accusative; or Masculine/Feminine, Accusative, Singular (contracted form); or Masculine/Feminine/Neuter, Genitive/Dative/Accusative, Plural (contracted form). The specific inflection depends on the context, as the ending -ουν can represent several possibilities due to contraction.
Strong’s number: G0262 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 8:8
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.
- ἈΜΗΧΑΝΗΣΑΣ — being at a loss, being perplexed, being helpless, having been at a loss, having been perplexed, having been helpless
- 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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