ἈΝΔΡΟΦΟΝΟΣ, ἀνδροφονος
ANDROPHONOS, androphonos
Sounds Like: an-dro-FO-nos
Translations: murderer, a murderer, manslayer, a manslayer, homicidal
From the root: ἈΝΔΡΟΦΟΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun, Adjective
Explanation: This is a compound word formed from 'ἀνήρ' (anēr), meaning 'man', and 'φονεύω' (phoneuō), meaning 'to slay' or 'to murder'. It refers to someone who commits murder or slays a person. It can be used as a noun to describe a murderer, or as an adjective to describe something as homicidal or murderous.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G0409 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 9:28
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΝΔΡΟΦΟΝΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΝΔΡΟΦΟΝΟΙ — murderers, man-slayers, a murderer, a man-slayer
- ἈΝΔΡΟΦΟΝΟΝ — man-slaying, man-killer, murderer, a man-slayer, a man-killer, a murderer
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