ΛΙΜΝΑΖΕΙΝ, λιμναζειν
LIMNAZEIN, limnazein
Sounds Like: lim-NAH-zayn
Translations: to form a lake, to become a lake, to be marshy, to stagnate
From the root: ΛΙΜΝΑΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the action of forming a lake or becoming like a lake, often implying a state of being marshy or stagnant. It can be used to describe water that collects and stands still, or land that becomes waterlogged.
Inflection: Present Active Infinitive
Strong’s number: G3041 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 9:203
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΛΙΜΝΑΖΩ.
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.
- ἘΛΙΜΝΑΖΕΤΟ — was made into a lake, was flooded, was inundated, was stagnant
- ΛΙΜΝΑΖΟΜΕΝΗΝ — being made into a lake, being flooded, being marshy, being stagnant
- ΛΙΜΝΑΖΩ — to form a lake, to become a lake, to be a lake, to be stagnant, to be marshy
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