ΘΑΝΕΙΝ, θανειν
THANEIN, thanein
Sounds Like: tha-NEIN
Translations: to die, to be dead
From the root: ΘΝΗΣΚΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the aorist active infinitive form of the verb 'θνήσκω' (thnēskō), meaning 'to die'. As an infinitive, it functions like a verbal noun and can be used to express the act of dying or to complete the meaning of another verb, often translated as 'to die' or 'dying'. It refers to the cessation of life.
Inflection: Infinitive, Aorist, Active
Strong’s number: G2348 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 6 — 14:348
- Book 17 — 3:49, 10:256
- Book 18 — 3:69, 7:242, 8:274, 8:307, 8:309
- Book 19 — 8:347
- Book 20 — 9:215
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
- Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:11
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 13:7
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΘΝΗΣΚΩ.
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.
- ἘΘΝΗΣΚΟΝ — they were dying, they died, to die
- ΘΝΗΣΙΜΕΟΙΣ — you may die, you might die, you may be dying, you might be dying
- ΘΝΗΣΚΟΝΤΕΣ — dying, those who are dying, about to die
- ΘΝΗΣΚΟΥΣΙ — they are dying, they die, they are perishing, they perish
- ΘΝΗΣΚΩ — to die, to be dying, to be about to die
- ΘΝΗΣΚΩΝ — dying, about to die, being dead
- ΣΥΝΑΠΟΘΑΝΙΝ — to die with, to die together, to die along with
- ΤΕΘΝΕΑΣΙΝ — they have died, they are dead, they had died, they were dead
- ΤΕΘΝΗΚΑ — I have died, I am dead
- ΤΕΘΝΗΚΟΤΑΣ — dead, the dead, those who have died
- ΤΟΙΣΘΝΗΣΚΟΥΣΙΝ — (to) the dying, (for) the dying, (to) those who are dying, (for) those who are dying
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