ΟἸΩΝΙΖΕΤΑΙ, οἰωνιζεται
OIŌNIZETAI, oiōnizetai
Sounds Like: oy-oh-NEE-zeh-tai
Translations: practices divination, takes omens, divines, foretells
From the root: ΟἸΩΝΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to practice divination, to take omens, or to foretell the future. It is often used in contexts where someone is attempting to discern future events through signs or omens, which was a common practice in ancient times, though often condemned in biblical texts. It can be used to describe someone who is engaged in such an activity.
Inflection: Third person, Singular, Present, Middle or Passive, Indicative
Strong’s number: G3649 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 44:5
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟἸΩΝΙΖΩ.
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.
- ΟἸΩΝΙΖΕΤΟ — practiced divination, took omens, observed omens, divined
- ΟἸΩΝΙΖΟΜΕΝΟΣ — practicing divination, divining, observing omens, taking omens, a practicing divination, a divining, an observing omens, a taking omens
- ΟἸΩΝΙΖΟΝΤΟ — they practiced divination, they practiced soothsaying, they practiced augury
- ΟἸΩΝΙΣΑΜΗΝ — I divined, I practiced divination, I took omens
- ΟἸΩΝΙΣΑΝΤΟ — they practiced divination, they observed omens, they divined
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