ΝΙΦΟΝΤΟΣ, νιφοντος
NIPHONTOS, niphontos
Sounds Like: NEE-fon-tos
Translations: (of) snowing, (of) raining, (of) falling like snow
From the root: ΝΙΦΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the genitive singular masculine or neuter present active participle of the verb 'νίφω'. It describes something that is 'snowing' or 'raining' (specifically, falling like snow or hail). It is used to indicate an ongoing action, often in a genitive absolute construction, meaning 'while it is snowing' or 'when it is snowing'.
Inflection: Present Active Participle, Singular, Genitive, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G3526 (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, ΝΙΦΩ.
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- ΝΙΦΟΜΕΝΗΣ — (of) snowing, (of) being snowed upon
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