ΔΕἈΜΕΙΝΟΝ, δεἀμεινον
DEAMEINON, deameinon
Sounds Like: ah-MEH-ee-non
Translations: better, more excellent, more profitable, more advantageous, best, most excellent, most profitable, most advantageous
From the root: ΑΜΕΙΝΩΝ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Adverb
Explanation: This word is likely a misspelling or a contraction of "δὲ ἀμείνων" (de ameinon), meaning "but better" or "and better." The root word ἀμείνων is a comparative adjective meaning "better" or "more excellent." It is used to indicate a higher degree of quality, advantage, or superiority. It can function as an adjective modifying a noun or as an adverb modifying a verb or another adjective, indicating that something is done in a better way or is better in quality.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter (if it's ἀμείνων), or it could be a compound of the particle δέ and the adjective ἀμείνων, in which case the inflection would apply to ἀμείνων.
Strong’s number: G0279 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Unknown: Yes
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 11:8
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΜΕΙΝΩΝ.
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.
- ἈΜΕΙΝΟΝΑ — better, more excellent, superior
- ἈΜΕΙΝΟΝΩΝ — of better, of more excellent, of superior
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