ΜΗΧΑΝΩΜΕΝΟΙ, μηχανωμενοι
MĒCHANŌMENOI, mēchanōmenoi
Sounds Like: mee-kha-NOH-meh-noy
Translations: devising, contriving, scheming, plotting, inventing
From the root: ΜΗΧΑΝΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb 'μηχανάω', meaning 'to devise' or 'to contrive'. It describes someone who is actively planning, inventing, or scheming, often with a negative connotation of plotting or conspiring. It can be used to describe actions or intentions.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Participle, Nominative, Plural, Masculine
Strong’s number: G3189 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 3 Maccabees — 6:24
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΗΧΑΝΑΩ.
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.
- ἘΜΗΧΑΝΑΤΟ — was devising, was contriving, was planning, was inventing
- ΜΕΜΗΧΑΝΗΜΕΝΩΝ — of having devised, of having contrived, of having invented, of having plotted
- ΜΗΧΑΝΑΩ — to devise, to contrive, to design, to plan, to scheme, to invent
- ΜΗΧΑΝΩΝΤΑΙ — they devise, they contrive, they plot, they scheme
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