ΣΤΟΧΑΖΟΜΕΝΟΣ, στοχαζομενος
STOCHAZOMENOS, stochazomenos
Sounds Like: stoh-KHAH-zoh-meh-nos
Translations: aiming, aiming at, considering, conjecturing, guessing, speculating, hitting the mark, hitting upon
From the root: ΣΤΟΧΑΖΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a present middle/passive participle, meaning 'aiming at,' 'considering,' or 'conjecturing.' It describes an action of directing one's attention or thought towards something, often with the intent of hitting a target, whether literally or figuratively. It can also imply guessing or speculating about something. In a sentence, it functions like an adjective or adverb, describing the subject's action or state while aiming or considering.
Inflection: Present, Middle or Passive, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Singular
Strong’s number: G4766 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 2:20
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΤΟΧΑΖΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ἘΣΤΟΧΑΣΑΜΗΝ — I aimed, I guessed, I conjectured, I supposed, I inferred, I formed an opinion
- ἘΣΤΟΧΑΣΘΑΙ — to aim at, to guess, to conjecture, to infer
- ἘΣΤΟΧΑΣΜΕΝΟΣ — aimed at, having aimed, conjectured, having conjectured, guessed, having guessed, considered, having considered
- ΗΣΤΟΧΗΣΑΝ — they missed, they failed, they erred, they deviated
- ΣΤΟΧΑΖΕΣΘΑΙ — to aim at, to guess, to conjecture, to infer, to hit the mark, to speculate
- ΣΤΟΧΑΖΟΜΑΙ — to aim, to guess, to conjecture, to speculate, to infer, to hit the mark, to hit upon
- ΣΤΟΧΑΖΟΜΕΝΟΙ — aiming, considering, guessing, conjecturing, inferring, concluding, reckoning, supposing
- ΣΤΟΧΑΖΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ — aiming, guessing, considering, inferring, those aiming, those guessing, those considering, those inferring
- ΣΤΟΧΑΖΟΜΕΝΩΝ — aiming, considering, conjecturing, guessing, speculating, a person aiming, a person considering
- ΣΤΟΧΑΣΑΙ — aim, aim at, guess, conjecture, consider, reflect, think, contemplate
- ΣΤΟΧΑΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having aimed, having considered, having concluded, having guessed, having speculated
- ΣΤΟΧΑΣΑΣΘΑΙ — to aim, to guess, to conjecture, to infer, to estimate, to speculate
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