ΜΕΜΗΧΑΝΗΝΤΑΙ, μεμηχανηνται
MEMĒCHANĒNTAI, memēchanēntai
Sounds Like: meh-may-khah-NEEN-tai
Translations: they have devised, they have contrived, they have invented, they have plotted
From the root: ΜΗΧΑΝΑΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the perfect passive indicative, third person plural form of the verb μηχανάομαι (mēchanáomai). It means to devise, contrive, or invent, often with a sense of cunning or skill, and can also imply plotting or scheming. In this form, it indicates an action that was completed in the past and has ongoing results, where the subjects are the recipients of the action (they have been devised/contrived by someone or something, or they have devised/contrived for themselves).
Inflection: Perfect, Passive, Indicative, 3rd Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G3180 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 15 — 10:346
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΗΧΑΝΑΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ἈΝΤΕΜΗΧΑΝΩΝΤΟ — they were devising against, they were counter-scheming, they were plotting against
- ἈΝΤΙΜΗΧΑΝΑΤΑΙ — contrives against, devises against, plots against, schemes against
- ἘΜΗΧΑΝΗΘΗ — was devised, was contrived, was plotted, was planned
- ἘΜΗΧΑΝΗΣΑΤΟ — devised, contrived, invented, planned, schemed
- ΜΕΜΗΧΑΝΕΥΜΕΝΑΣ — devised, contrived, invented, engineered, fabricated
- ΜΕΜΗΧΑΝΕΥΜΕΝΩΝ — devised, contrived, invented, planned, schemed
- ΜΕΜΗΧΑΝΗΜΕΝΗΝ — devised, contrived, invented, fabricated, a devised, a contrived
- ΜΕΜΗΧΑΝΗΤΑΙ — it has been devised, it has been contrived, it has been invented, it has been planned
- ΜΗΧΑΝΑΟΜΑΙ — to devise, to contrive, to scheme, to invent, to design
- ΜΗΧΑΝΑΣΘΑΙ — to devise, to contrive, to scheme, to plot
- ΜΗΧΑΝΑΤΑΙ — devises, contrives, plans, invents, plots, schemes
- ΜΗΧΑΝΗΘΕΙΣΗΣ — having been devised, having been contrived, having been planned, having been plotted, of having been devised, of having been contrived, of having been planned, of having been plotted
- ΜΗΧΑΝΗΣΑΜΕΝΟΙ — having devised, having contrived, having plotted, having designed, having fabricated
- ΜΗΧΑΝΗΣΑΜΕΝΟΝ — having devised, having contrived, having plotted, having schemed
- ΜΗΧΑΝΗΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having devised, having contrived, having invented, having schemed
- ΜΗΧΑΝΗΣΑΜΕΝΟΥ — of having devised, of having contrived, of having invented, of having planned, of having plotted
- ΜΗΧΑΝΩΜΕΝΟΣ — devising, contriving, plotting, scheming, inventing, designing
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