ὈΣΦΡΟΜΕΝΩ, ὀσφρομενω
OSPHROMENŌ, osphromenō
Sounds Like: oss-PHRO-meh-noh
Translations: smelling, perceiving by smell, to smell, by smelling
From the root: ὈΣΦΡΑΙΝΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a present middle or passive participle, meaning 'smelling' or 'perceiving by smell'. It describes an action of smelling that is ongoing or habitual. As a participle, it functions like an adjective or adverb, modifying a noun or verb in a sentence, indicating the manner or circumstance of an action.
Inflection: Present, Middle or Passive, Dative, Singular, Masculine, Feminine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G3744 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 8 — 2:47
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ὈΣΦΡΑΙΝΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ὈΣΦΡΑΝΘΗ — will smell, will perceive by smell, will inhale
- ὈΣΦΡΑΝΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will smell, will perceive by smell
- ὈΣΦΡΑΝΘΗΣΟΝΤΑΙ — they will smell, they will perceive by smell
- ὈΣΦΡΑΝΘΩΣΙΝ — they may smell, they may perceive, they may discern
- ὨΣΦΡΑΝΘΗ — smelled, perceived by smell, caught the scent of
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