ἘΛΕΕΙΝΟΙ, ἐλεεινοι
ELEEINOI, eleeinoi
Sounds Like: eh-leh-EE-noy
Translations: pitiable, miserable, wretched, a pitiable one, a miserable one, a wretched one
From the root: ἘΛΕΕΙΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone or something that is in a state of misery, deserving of pity or compassion. It can be used to describe a person who is unfortunate, distressed, or in a deplorable condition. For example, one might say 'He is pitiable' to describe someone in a very sad state.
Inflection: Nominative, Masculine, Plural
Strong’s number: G1652 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 16 — 4:103
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΛΕΕΙΝΟΣ.
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.
- ἘΛΕΕΙΝΗ — pitiable, miserable, wretched, a pitiable one, a miserable one, a wretched one
- ἘΛΕΕΙΝΗΝ — pitiable, miserable, wretched, a pitiable one, a miserable one, a wretched one
- ἘΛΕΕΙΝΟΙΣ — (to) pitiful, (to) miserable, (to) wretched
- ἘΛΕΕΙΝΟΝ — pitiful, miserable, wretched, an object of pity
- ἘΛΕΕΙΝΟΤΕΡΟΙ — more pitiable, more miserable, more wretched
- ἘΛΕΕΙΝΟΥΣ — pitiable, miserable, wretched, a pitiable one, a miserable one, a wretched one
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