ἈΜΥΝΕΙΣΘΑΙ, ἀμυνεισθαι
AMYNEISTHAI, amyneisthai
Sounds Like: ah-my-NEH-sthai
Translations: to defend oneself, to avenge oneself, to ward off, to repel, to help
From the root: ἈΜΥΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a future middle/passive infinitive form of the verb 'ἀμύνω'. It means 'to defend oneself', 'to avenge oneself', or 'to ward off' something. It implies an action taken for one's own protection or in retaliation. It can be used in contexts where someone is protecting themselves from an attack or seeking retribution for a wrong.
Inflection: Future, Middle/Passive, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G0292 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 4:114
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 4:22
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΜΥΝΩ.
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.
- ἈΜΥΝΑΣ — defending, avenging, warding off, helping, Amuynas
- ἈΜΥΝΕΙ — he will defend, he will ward off, he will help, he will assist
- ἈΜΥΝΕΙΝ — to ward off, to defend, to help, to avenge, to assist, to repel, to keep off
- ἈΜΥΝΕΙΝΜΕΝ — to ward off, to defend, to help, to assist
- ἈΜΥΝΕΣΘΑΙ — to defend oneself, to ward off, to repel, to avenge oneself, to retaliate
- ἈΜΥΝΕΣΘΕ — to ward off, to defend oneself, to avenge, to punish
- ἈΜΥΝΟΜΕΝΟΙΣ — (to) those defending themselves, (to) those warding off, (to) those avenging themselves, (to) those helping themselves
- ἈΜΥΝΟΜΕΝΟΣ — defending, avenging, helping, warding off, repelling, a defender, an avenger
- ἈΜΥΝΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ — defending, protecting, avenging, warding off, repelling
- ἈΜΥΝΟΜΕΝΩΝ — of those defending, of those warding off, of those assisting, of those avenging
- ἈΜΥΝΟΥΜΕΝΟΣ — defending, avenging, warding off, repelling, assisting, helping
- ἈΜΥΝΩΝΤΑΙ — to defend oneself, to ward off, to avenge oneself
- ἨΜΥΝΑΤΟ — defended, warded off, helped, avenged
- ΜΕΝἈΜΥΝΕΣΘΑΙ — to defend oneself, to ward off, to avenge oneself, to resist
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