ΠΑΝΟΥΡΓΕΙΝ, πανουργειν
PANOURGEIN, panourgein
Sounds Like: pa-noor-GEIN
Translations: to act craftily, to be cunning, to scheme, to be unscrupulous
From the root: ΠΑΝΟΥΡΓΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the present active infinitive form of the verb 'πανουργέω' (panourgeō). It means to act with cunning, craftiness, or trickery, often implying a negative or unscrupulous intent. It describes the act of employing clever but deceitful methods to achieve a goal.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G3835 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΝΟΥΡΓΕΩ.
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.
- ΠΑΝΟΥΡΓΗΣΑΣΑΝ — having acted craftily, having been cunning, having been unscrupulous, having been artful
- ΠΑΝΟΥΡΓΩ — to be cunning, to act craftily, to be unscrupulous, to be shrewd, to be artful
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