ἘΠΕΝΟΕΙ, ἐπενοει
EPENOEI, epenoei
Sounds Like: eh-peh-NO-ee
Translations: to devise, to contrive, to plan, to invent, to think upon
From the root: ἘΠΙΝΟΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the act of thinking up or conceiving something, often with the implication of planning or devising a scheme. It can refer to inventing something new or contriving a way to achieve a goal. It is used in sentences to indicate that someone is actively engaged in mental planning or strategizing.
Inflection: Imperfect Indicative, Active, Third Person Singular
Strong’s number: G2029 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
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, ἘΠΙΝΟΕΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΝΟΕΙΝ — to invent, to devise, to contrive, to think up, to conceive
- ἘΠΙΝΟΕΙΣΘΑΙ — to devise, to invent, to contrive, to think up, to conceive, to plan
- ἘΠΙΝΟΗΣΑΙ — to devise, to invent, to think of, to contrive, to conceive
- ἘΠΙΝΟΗΣΕΙΑΝ — they might devise, they might invent, they might contrive, they might think up
- ἘΠΙΝΟΗΣΕΙΕΝ — to think upon, to devise, to invent, to conceive, to consider, to plan, to contrive
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