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Name of God’s Son

ΜΕΙΟΥΜΕΝΟΣ, μειουμενος

MEIOUMENOS, meioumenos

Sounds Like: may-oo-MEH-nos

Translations: decreasing, diminishing, being made less, being lessened

From the root: ΜΕΙΟΩ

Part of Speech: Participle

Explanation: This word is a present passive participle, meaning 'being made less' or 'decreasing'. It describes something that is in the process of becoming smaller in quantity, size, or importance. It is used to indicate a continuous state of reduction or diminution.

Inflection: Present, Passive, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Singular

Strong’s number: G3386 (Lookup on BibleHub)


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Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΕΙΟΩ.

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.

  • ἘΜΕΙΩΣΕΝ — he diminished, he lessened, he made less
  • ΜΕΙΟΥΜΕΝ — we diminish, we decrease, we make less, we lessen
  • ΜΕΙΟΥΜΕΝΗΣ — diminishing, decreasing, being made less, being lessened
  • ΜΕΙΟΥΜΕΝΩΝ — of diminishing, of decreasing, of lessening, of those diminishing, of those decreasing, of those lessening
  • ΜΕΙΟΥΝ — to make less, to diminish, to lessen, to reduce
  • ΜΕΙΟΥΣΘΑΙ — to be made less, to be diminished, to be inferior, to be reduced, to be lessened
  • ΜΕΙΟΩ — to make less, to diminish, to decrease, to be made less, to be diminished, to be decreased
  • ΜΕΙΩΘΕΝΤΑΣ — having been diminished, having been made less, diminished, reduced
  • ΜΕΙΩΣΑΙ — to diminish, to lessen, to make less, to decrease
  • ΜΕΙΩΣΑΣ — having diminished, having lessened, having reduced, having made less
  • ΜΕΙΩΣΕΙΝ — to diminish, to lessen, to make less
  • ΜΕΩΘΗΣΟΝΤΑΙ — they will be diminished, they will be made less, they will decrease

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