ΜΗΧΑΝΩΝΤΑΙ, μηχανωνται
MĒCHANŌNTAI, mēchanōntai
Sounds Like: mee-kha-NOHN-tai
Translations: they devise, they contrive, they plot, they scheme
From the root: ΜΗΧΑΝΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning to devise, contrive, or scheme. It implies the act of inventing or planning something, often with ingenuity or cunning. It can be used in both positive and negative contexts, referring to devising a solution or plotting against someone.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive Voice, Indicative or Subjunctive Mood, Third Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G3189 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
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
- ΜΗΧΑΝΩΜΕΝΟΙ — devising, contriving, scheming, plotting, inventing
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