ΠΕΡΙΓΕΝΟΙΝΤΟ, περιγενοιντο
PERIGENOINTO, perigenointo
Sounds Like: peh-ree-GEH-noyn-toh
Translations: they might overcome, they might prevail, they might survive, they might be superior
From the root: ΠΕΡΙΓΙΓΝΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from περί (peri, 'around, about') and γίγνομαι (gignomai, 'to become, to be born'). It means to come to be around or over something, hence to overcome, prevail, or survive. It implies gaining the upper hand or being left over after a struggle. In this form, it expresses a potential or desired action.
Inflection: Third Person, Plural, Aorist, Middle Voice, Optative
Strong’s number: G4039 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 6:18
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΡΙΓΙΓΝΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ΠΕΡΙΓΕΝΗΣΕΣΘΑΙ — to overcome, to survive, to prevail, to be superior, to be left over, to be in excess
- ΠΕΡΙΓΙΓΝΟΜΑΙ — to survive, to overcome, to be superior, to be left over, to remain, to prevail
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