ΠΑΡΑΝΕΓΝΩ, παρανεγνω
PARANEGNŌ, paranegnō
Sounds Like: pa-ra-NEH-gno
Translations: read, read aloud, read publicly
From the root: ΠΑΡΑΝΑΓΙΝΩΣΚΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to read, often with the implication of reading aloud or publicly. It is a compound verb formed from παρά (para, 'beside, by') and ἀναγινώσκω (anaginōskō, 'to read'). The prefix παρά can add a nuance of 'alongside' or 'in the presence of', reinforcing the idea of public reading. It is typically used to describe the act of reading a text to an audience.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person Singular
Strong’s number: G3949 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:308
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 10 — 4:58
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΡΑΝΑΓΙΝΩΣΚΩ.
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.
- ΠΑΡΑΝΑΓΙΝΩΣΚΕΤΑΙ — it is read, it is read aloud, it is recited
- ΠΑΡΑΝΑΓΙΝΩΣΚΩ — read, read aloud, read publicly, read carefully
- ΠΑΡΑΝΕΓΙΝΩΣΚΟΝ — they were reading aloud, they were reading, to read aloud, to read
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