ΜΕΛΑΙΝΟΜΕΝΟΝ, μελαινομενον
MELAINOMENON, melainomenon
Sounds Like: meh-LAI-noh-men-on
Translations: being blackened, becoming black, being darkened, becoming dark
From the root: ΜΕΛΑΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes something that is in the process of becoming black or dark, or something that is being blackened or darkened. It is a present participle, indicating an ongoing action. It can be used to describe the changing color of an object or the darkening of a sky or atmosphere.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Participle, Neuter, Singular, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G3185 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 8 — 13:345
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΕΛΑΙΝΩ.
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.
- ἘΚΜΕΛΑΙΝΟΝΤΑΙ — they are blackened, they become black, they are made black
- ΜΕΛΑΙΝΕΙΝ — to blacken, to make black, to darken
- ΜΕΛΑΙΝΟΝΤΑ — blackening, making black, darkening
- ΜΕΛΑΙΝΩ — to blacken, to make black, to become black
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