ἈΝΣΤΕΝΑΞΕΙΕ, ἀνστεναξειε
ANSTENAXEIE, anstenaxeie
Sounds Like: an-steh-NAX-ee-eh
Translations: to groan deeply, to sigh deeply, to lament
From the root: ἈΝΑΣΤΕΝΑΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb meaning to groan or sigh deeply, often expressing sorrow, pain, or frustration. It describes an inward, profound expression of distress. It can be used in sentences to describe someone expressing deep sorrow or lamentation.
Inflection: Aorist, Optative, Active, Third Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G389 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 2:10
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΝΑΣΤΕΝΑΖΩ.
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.
- ἈΝΑΣΤΕΝΑΖΟΥΣΙΝ — they groan, they sigh, they lament, they sigh deeply
- ἈΝΑΣΤΕΝΑΖΩ — to sigh deeply, to groan, to sigh
- ἈΝΑΣΤΕΝΑΞΑΣ — having sighed deeply, having groaned, sighing deeply, groaning
- ἈΝΕΣΤΕΝΑΞΕΝ — he sighed deeply, he groaned, he sighed, he groaned deeply
- ἈΝΕΣΤΕΝΕΝ — groaned deeply, sighed deeply
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