2001 Translation

PARĒKMAKENAI, parēkmakenai

Sounds Like: par-ake-MA-keh-nai

Translations: to be past one's prime, to be in decline, to be past the flower of one's age, to be withered, to be faded

From the root: ΠΑΡΑΚΜΑΖΩ

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: This word is the perfect active infinitive form of the verb 'παρακμάζω'. It describes a state of being past one's prime, declining, or having withered. It is often used to refer to age, beauty, or strength that has faded. In a sentence, it would function as a verbal noun, often dependent on another verb, indicating the state of decline.

Inflection: Perfect Active Infinitive

Strong’s number: G3900 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 16 — 7:196

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΡΑΚΜΑΖΩ.

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.

• ΠΑΡΑΚΜΑΖΩ — to pass the prime, to be past the flower, to be past the bloom, to decline, to fade
• ΠΑΡΑΚΜΑΣΗ — may decline, may fade away, may wither, may decay, may grow old, may pass its prime

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