ἈΠΗΝΕΙΣ, ἀπηνεις
APĒNEIS, apēneis
Sounds Like: ah-pee-NAYS
Translations: harsh, rough, cruel, unfeeling, severe
From the root: ἈΠΗΝΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone or something as harsh, rough, or cruel in nature or behavior. It is used to characterize individuals or actions that lack kindness or gentleness. It is an adjective that modifies nouns.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G0513 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 8:50
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΠΗΝΗΣ.
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.
- ἈΠΗΝΕΣΤΑΤΟΣ — harshest, roughest, cruelest, most severe, a harshest, a roughest, a cruelest, a most severe
- ἈΠΗΝΕΣΤΑΤΩΝ — of the most unmerciful, of the most harsh, of the most cruel, of the most savage, of the most stern
- ἈΠΗΝΗΣ — harsh, rough, cruel, savage, fierce, ungentle, a harsh one, a cruel one
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