ΣΕΜΝΥΝΟΝΤΑΙ, σεμνυνονται
SEMNYNONTAI, semnynontai
Sounds Like: sem-NYN-on-tai
Translations: they are made honorable, they are made venerable, they are made august, they are made reverent, they are made serious, they are made grave, they are made dignified, they are made respectable, they boast, they pride themselves
From the root: ΣΕΜΝΥΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning to make oneself honorable, venerable, or dignified. It can also mean to boast or pride oneself, often in a negative sense of showing off or being arrogant. It describes an action where individuals elevate themselves or are elevated in status or perceived importance.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive Voice, Indicative Mood, Third Person Plural
Strong’s number: G4585 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:152
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΕΜΝΥΝΩ.
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.
- ἘΣΕΜΝΥΝΕΝ — he/she/it made honorable, he/she/it glorified, he/she/it made august, he/she/it made venerable
- ἘΣΕΜΝΥΝΟΝ — they were exalting themselves, they were glorifying themselves, they were making themselves august
- ΣΕΜΝΥΝΟΜΕΝΟΙ — being made honorable, being glorified, priding themselves, boasting, exalting themselves
- ΣΕΜΝΥΝΟΜΕΝΟΣ — glorifying oneself, boasting, being glorified, being honored, being made honorable
- ΣΕΜΝΥΝΩ — to make holy, to make honorable, to make august, to glorify, to make venerable, to make respectable, to make grave, to make serious
- ΣΕΜΝΥΝΩΝ — magnifying, glorifying, exalting, making honorable, making august
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