ΣΥΓΓΝΟΙΕΝ, συγγνοιεν
SYGGNOIEN, syggnoien
Sounds Like: soong-gihg-NOH-yen
Translations: they might pardon, they might forgive, they might excuse, they might understand, they might agree with
From the root: ΣΥΓΓΙΓΝΩΣΚΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition σύν (syn), meaning 'with' or 'together', and the verb γιγνώσκω (gignosko), meaning 'to know' or 'to perceive'. In its inflected form, it means 'to know with someone', which extends to 'to agree with', 'to understand', and especially 'to pardon' or 'to forgive' someone for an offense. It implies a shared understanding or a sympathetic judgment.
Inflection: Third Person, Plural, Optative, Active
Strong’s number: G4784 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 13 — 16:413
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΥΓΓΙΓΝΩΣΚΩ.
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.
- ΣΥΓΓΙΓΝΩΣΚΕΙΝ — to forgive, to pardon, to excuse, to understand, to acknowledge
- ΣΥΓΓΙΓΝΩΣΚΩ — to pardon, to forgive, to excuse, to agree with, to understand, to know together
- ΣΥΓΓΝΟΝΤΑ — forgiving, pardoning, excusing, overlooking, having compassion
- ΣΥΓΓΝΩΝΑΙ — to forgive, to pardon, to excuse, to make allowance for
- ΣΥΓΓΝΩΣΕΣΘΑΙ — to forgive, to pardon, to excuse, to overlook
- ΣΥΓΓΝΩΣΘΗΝΑΙ — to be pardoned, to be forgiven, to be excused
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