ΜΕΙΩΣΕΙΝ, μειωσειν
MEIŌSEIN, meiōsein
Sounds Like: may-OH-sayn
Translations: to diminish, to lessen, to make less
From the root: ΜΕΙΟΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the future active infinitive form of the verb 'meioō', meaning 'to diminish' or 'to lessen'. As an infinitive, it often functions like a noun, expressing the purpose or result of an action, or serving as the object of another verb. For example, it could be used in a sentence like 'He sought to diminish the problem' or 'The goal was to lessen the burden'.
Inflection: Future, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G3386 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 15 — 1:10
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
- ΜΕΙΟΥΜΕΝΟΣ — decreasing, diminishing, 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
- ΜΕΩΘΗΣΟΝΤΑΙ — they will be diminished, they will be made less, they will decrease
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