ΓΥΝΑΙΟΝ, γυναιον
GYNAION, gynaion
Sounds Like: goo-NAI-on
Translations: little woman, a little woman, weak woman, a weak woman, effeminate man, an effeminate man
From the root: ΓΥΝΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is a diminutive form of 'γυνή' (woman). It can refer to a 'little woman' or a 'weak woman', often implying contempt or disparagement. In some contexts, it can also be used pejoratively to describe an 'effeminate man'. It highlights smallness, weakness, or a lack of masculine qualities.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G1133 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:39
Codex Sinaiticus
- Job — 24:21
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 12:220, 18:257
- Book 2 — 9:210, 9:225
- Book 4 — 6:148
- Book 5 — 2:136, 2:138, 2:142, 2:143, 8:276, 9:333
- Book 6 — 14:329, 14:330, 14:332
- Book 7 — 8:182, 8:184, 11:289
- Book 8 — 13:318
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, ΓΥΝΗ.
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.
- ΑΙΓΥΝ — women, wives, a woman, a wife
- ΑΙΓΥΝΑΙΚΕΣ — the women, women
- ΓΥΝ — woman, a woman, wife, a wife
- ΓΥΝΑ — woman, O woman, wife, O wife
- ΓΥΝΑΙ — woman, a woman, wife, a wife, lady, a lady
- ΓΥΝΑΙΑ — women, wives, females
- ΓΥΝΑΙΑΔΕ — women, and women, but women
- ΓΥΝΑΙΚ — woman, a woman, wife, a wife, women, wives, (of) women, (of) wives, (to) women, (to) wives
- ΓΥΝΑΙΚΑ — woman, a woman, wife, a wife
- ΓΥΝΑΙΚΑʼ — woman, a woman, wife, a wife
- ΓΥΝΑΙΚΑΙΣ — to women, for women, with women, by women, from women
- ΓΥΝΑΙΚΑΝ — woman, a woman, wife, a wife
- ΓΥΝΑΙΚΑΡΙΑ — silly women, weak women, little women
- ΓΥΝΑΙΚΑΣ — women, wives, a woman, a wife
- ΓΥΝΑΙΚΕΙ — feminine, womanly, of women, women's
- ΓΥΝΑΙΚΕΙΑΣ — (of) womanly, (of) feminine, (of) female, womanly, feminine, female
- ΓΥΝΑΙΚΕΙΟΙΣ — to/for women, to/for female, feminine, womanly
- ΓΥΝΑΙΚΕΙΟΝ — of a woman, womanly, feminine, female
- ΓΥΝΑΙΚΕΙΟΣ — of a woman, womanly, feminine
- ΓΥΝΑΙΚΕΙΩΝ — of women, women's, female, feminine, a women's apartment, a women's quarter
- ΓΥΝΑΙΚΕΣ — women, wives
- ΓΥΝΑΙΚΙ — (to) woman, (to) a woman, (to) wife, (to) a wife
- ΓΥΝΑΙΚΙΑ — female, feminine, womanly, women's
- ΓΥΝΑΙΚΙΩΝ — of women, of the women
- ΓΥΝΑΙΚΟΣ — of a woman, of the woman, of a wife, of the wife
- ΓΥΝΑΙΚΩ — of women, to women, women
- ΓΥΝΑΙΚΩΝ — of women, women
- ΓΥΝΑΙΚΩΝΙ — women's quarters, women's apartment, harem
- ΓΥΝΑΙΚΩΝΙΤΙΣ — women's apartment, women's quarters, a women's apartment, a women's quarters
- ΓΥΝΑΙΚΩΝΟΣ — women's quarters, women's apartment, harem
- ΓΥΝΑΙΞΕΙΝ — (to) women, (for) women, (to) wives, (for) wives
- ΓΥΝΑΙΞΙ — (to) women, (to) wives
- ΓΥΝΑΙΞΙΝ — to women, for women, women
- ΓΥΝΑΙΟΥ — of a little woman, of a woman, of a wife
- ΓΥΝΑΙΩΝ — of women, of wives, of a woman, of a wife
- ΓΥΝΕΚΑ — woman, a woman, wife, a wife
- ΓΥΝΕΚΑʼ — woman, a woman, wife, a wife
- ΓΥΝΕΚΑΙΣ — to women, for women, to wives, for wives
- ΓΥΝΕΚΑΣ — women, wives
- ΓΥΝΕΚΕΙΩ — feminine, female, womanly, of a woman, a feminine, a female
- ΓΥΝΕΚΕΣ — women, wives
- ΓΥΝΕΚΙ — to a woman, for a woman, to a wife, for a wife
- ΓΥΝΕΚΙΟΝ — little woman, young woman, girl, female attendant
- ΓΥΝΕΚΟΣ — of a woman, of a wife, of a female
- ΓΥΝΕΚΩ — women, of women, wives, of wives
- ΓΥΝΕΚΩΝ — of women, of wives
- ΓΥΝΕΚΩΝΑ — of women, of wives
- ΓΥΝΕΚΩΝΙ — of women, of wives
- ΓΥΝΕΞΙΝ — to women, for women
- ΓΥΝΗ — woman, a woman, wife, a wife
- ΓΥΝΗΚΑΙ — women, wives
- ΤΗΝΓΥΝΑΙΚΑ — the woman, the wife, a woman, a wife
- ΥΝΑΙΚΑ — woman, a woman, wife, a wife
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