ἘΜΗΧΑΝΑΤΟ, ἐμηχανατο
EMĒCHANATO, emēchanato
Sounds Like: eh-mee-KHA-nah-toh
Translations: was devising, was contriving, was planning, was inventing
From the root: ΜΗΧΑΝΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the act of devising, contriving, or planning something, often with skill or ingenuity. It implies a deliberate and often intricate process of thought to achieve a goal or create something. It is used to describe someone who was in the process of forming a scheme or invention.
Inflection: Imperfect, Indicative, Middle/Passive, Third Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G3180 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 11:5
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Martyrdom of Polycarp — 2:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΗΧΑΝΑΩ.
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.
- ΜΕΜΗΧΑΝΗΜΕΝΩΝ — of having devised, of having contrived, of having invented, of having plotted
- ΜΗΧΑΝΑΩ — to devise, to contrive, to design, to plan, to scheme, to invent
- ΜΗΧΑΝΩΜΕΝΟΙ — devising, contriving, scheming, plotting, inventing
- ΜΗΧΑΝΩΝΤΑΙ — they devise, they contrive, they plot, they scheme
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