ΜΗΧΑΝΗΜΑΣΙΝ, μηχανημασιν
MĒCHANĒMASIN, mēchanēmasin
Sounds Like: mee-kha-NEE-ma-sin
Translations: (to) machines, (to) devices, (to) contrivances, (to) engines, (by means of) machines, (by means of) devices, (by means of) contrivances, (by means of) engines
From the root: ΜΗΧΑΝΗΜΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to mechanical devices, instruments, engines, or contrivances. It is often used in the context of military siege engines or other complex tools. It is a compound word derived from the Greek word for 'machine' or 'device'.
Inflection: Dative, Plural, Neuter
Strong’s number: G3180 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 4 Maccabees — 7:4
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 7 — 7:142
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 4 Maccabees — 7:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΗΧΑΝΗΜΑ.
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.
- ΜΗΧΑΝΗΜΑΣΙ — (to) contrivance, (to) device, (to) machine, (to) instrument, (to) engine, (to) stratagem, (to) invention
- ΜΗΧΑΝΗΜΑΤΟΣ — of a machine, of a device, of a contrivance, of an engine, of an instrument
- ΜΗΧΑΝΗΜΑΤΩΝ — of machines, of devices, of contrivances, of inventions, of engines, of instruments
- ΤΟΙΣΜΗΧΑΝΗΜΑΣΙΝ — (to) the devices, (to) the machines, (to) the contrivances, (to) the inventions
- ΤΟΥΜΗΧΑΝΗΜΑΤΟΣ — of the machine, of the device, of the contrivance, of the engine, of the instrument
- ΤΩΝΜΗΧΑΝΗΜΑΤΩΝ — of the devices, of the machines, of the contrivances
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