ΜΕΛΑΙΝΟΝΤΑ, μελαινοντα
MELAINONTA, melainonta
Sounds Like: meh-LAI-non-tah
Translations: blackening, making black, darkening
From the root: ΜΕΛΑΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a present active participle of the verb 'μελαίνω' (melainō), meaning 'to blacken' or 'to make black'. As a participle, it describes an ongoing action and can function adjectivally, modifying a noun, or adverbially, describing how an action is performed. It refers to the process of something becoming or being made dark or black.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Accusative, Singular, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G3189 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 16 — 8:233
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
- ΜΕΛΑΙΝΟΜΕΝΟΝ — being blackened, becoming black, being darkened, becoming dark
- ΜΕΛΑΙΝΩ — to blacken, to make black, to become black
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