ἈΜΥΝΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ, ἀμυνομενους
AMYNOMENOUS, amynomenous
Sounds Like: ah-my-NOH-me-noos
Translations: defending, protecting, avenging, warding off, repelling
From the root: ἈΜΥΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a present middle/passive participle, meaning 'those who are defending themselves' or 'those who are being defended/avenged'. It describes an action of warding off, repelling, or defending, often with the implication of self-defense or protection. It can also mean to avenge or punish. In a sentence, it would describe individuals or groups engaged in such an action.
Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Masculine, Present, Middle/Passive, Participle
Strong’s number: G0297 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
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
- ἈΜΥΝΟΜΕΝΟΣ — defending, avenging, helping, warding off, repelling, a defender, an avenger
- 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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