ἈΜΥΝΟΜΕΝΟΣ, ἀμυνομενος
AMYNOMENOS, amynomenos
Sounds Like: ah-MY-noh-men-os
Translations: defending, avenging, helping, warding off, repelling, a defender, an avenger
From the root: ἈΜΥΝΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb 'ἀμύνω', meaning 'to ward off', 'to defend', or 'to avenge'. As a participle, it describes someone who is in the act of defending or avenging. It can function adjectivally, describing a noun (e.g., 'the defending man'), or substantively, acting as a noun itself (e.g., 'the one defending' or 'a defender'). It implies an action taken to protect oneself or others, or to retaliate against an injustice.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive Voice, Masculine, Singular, Nominative
Strong’s number: G0297 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 20:16
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
- ἈΜΥΝΕΙΣΘΑΙ — to defend oneself, to avenge oneself, to ward off, to repel, to help
- 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
- 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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