ὈΡΙΓΝΩΜΕΝΟΙ, ὀριγνωμενοι
ORIGNŌMENOI, orignōmenoi
Sounds Like: oh-rig-NOH-me-noy
Translations: stretching out for, reaching for, desiring, aspiring to, those desiring, those aspiring
From the root: ΟΡΕΓΝΥΜΙ
Part of Speech: Participle, Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word is a present middle/passive participle derived from the verb ὀρέγνυμι. It describes someone who is stretching out, reaching for, or earnestly desiring something. It can be used to describe individuals or groups who are striving for a particular goal or quality.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Participle, Nominative, Plural, Masculine
Strong’s number: G3713 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 17 — 11:316
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟΡΕΓΝΥΜΙ.
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.
- ὈΡΙΓΝΩΜΕΝΟΙΣ — (to) those stretching out for, (to) those reaching for, (to) those longing for, (to) those desiring, (to) those aspiring to
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