ΣΠΑΝΙΖΟΝΤΑ, σπανιζοντα
SPANIZONTA, spanizonta
Sounds Like: spa-NEE-zon-tah
Translations: lacking, being in want of, being scarce, those lacking, those being in want of
From the root: ΣΠΑΝΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a present active participle derived from the verb 'σπανίζω', meaning 'to be scarce' or 'to be in want of'. As a participle, it functions like an adjective or adverb, describing someone or something that is currently lacking or experiencing scarcity. It can be used to describe people who are in need of something, or resources that are scarce.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Accusative, Plural, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G4706 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 12 — 9:376
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΠΑΝΙΖΩ.
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.
- ἘΣΠΑΝΙΖΟΝ — they were lacking, they were in need, they were scarce, they were wanting
- ἘΣΠΑΝΙΣΘΗ — to be scarce, to be lacking, to be in want, to be in need, to be deficient
- ἘΣΠΑΝΙΣΜΕΝΟΥΣ — lacking, scarce, in want, destitute, those lacking, those who are scarce, those in want, those who are destitute
- ΕΣΠΑΝΙΣΘΗ — it was lacking, it was scarce, it was in need, it was wanting, it was deficient
- ΣΠΑΝΙΖΕΙ — to lack, to be scarce, to be in want of, to be rare
- ΣΠΑΝΙΖΕΙΝ — to lack, to be in need of, to be scarce, to be wanting
- ΣΠΑΝΙΖΕΤΑΙ — is scarce, is lacking, is rare, is in short supply
- ΣΠΑΝΙΖΟΙ — they might lack, they might be in want of, they might be scarce
- ΣΠΑΝΙΖΟΝΤΑΣ — lacking, being in need, being scarce, being in want, being deficient
- ΣΠΑΝΙΖΟΝΤΕΣ — lacking, being in need, being in want, being scarce, being rare
- ΣΠΑΝΙΖΟΝΤΟΣ — lacking, being in need of, being scarce, being rare, of lacking, of being in need of
- ΣΠΑΝΙΖΟΝΤΩΝ — of those lacking, of those being in want, of those being scarce
- ΣΠΑΝΙΖΟΥΣΑ — lacking, being scarce, being in want, being rare, being deficient
- ΣΠΑΝΙΖΟΥΣΗΣ — lacking, being scarce, being in need, being in want, being deficient
- ΣΠΑΝΙΖΟΥΣΙ — they lack, they are in need, they are scarce, they are wanting
- ΣΠΑΝΙΖΟΥΣΙΝ — they lack, they are in need, they are scarce, they are wanting
- ΣΠΑΝΙΖΩ — to lack, to be in need, to be scarce, to be wanting, to be deficient
- ΣΠΑΝΙΣΑΙ — to lack, to be scarce, to fail, to be wanting
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