ἈΜΗΧΑΝΟΥΝΤΑΣ, ἀμηχανουντας
AMĒCHANOUNTAS, amēchanountas
Sounds Like: ah-may-khah-NOON-tahs
Translations: being at a loss, perplexed, distressed, helpless, those being at a loss
From the root: ἈΜΗΧΑΝΕΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word describes someone who is in a state of helplessness, perplexity, or distress, unable to find a way or means to deal with a difficult situation. It implies a lack of resources or ingenuity to overcome an obstacle. As a participle, it often functions adjectivally or adverbially, describing the state of the subject of the sentence.
Inflection: Present, Active, Masculine, Accusative, Plural
Strong’s number: G0279 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 6:109
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΜΗΧΑΝΕΩ.
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.
- ἈΜΗΧΑΝΕΙΝ — to be at a loss, to be helpless, to be perplexed, to be without resources, to be in a quandary
- ἈΜΗΧΑΝΟΥΝΤΩΝ — being at a loss, being perplexed, being helpless, being without resources, being in a dilemma
- ἈΜΗΧΑΝΟΥΣΙΝ — they are at a loss, they are helpless, they are perplexed, they are without resources, they are in distress
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