ΠΡΑΥΝΕΙ, πραυνει
PRAUNEI, praunei
Sounds Like: prah-OO-nay
Translations: to calm, to soothe, to quiet, to pacify, to make gentle
From the root: ΠΡΑΫΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to make something gentle, mild, or calm. It is used to describe the act of soothing or pacifying, often in the context of calming anger, disturbances, or rough conditions like a stormy sea. It implies bringing something from a state of agitation or violence to one of peace and tranquility.
Inflection: Present, Active, Indicative, Third Person Singular
Strong’s number: G4239 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
1 Enoch Greek Collection
- 1 Enoch — 106:16
Codex Sinaiticus
- Proverbs — 18:14
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Proverbs — 18:14
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΑΫΝΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΡΑΥΝΕΝ — he was calming, he calmed, he was soothing, he soothed, he was pacifying, he pacified, he was making mild, he made mild
- ΚΑΤΑΠΡΑΥΝΗΣ — you may soothe, you may calm, you may quiet, you may appease
- ΠΡΑΥΝΑΙ — to make mild, to soothe, to calm, to pacify, to quiet
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