ΣΥΓΓΝΩΝΑΙ, συγγνωναι
SYGGNŌNAI, syggnōnai
Sounds Like: soong-gno-NAI
Translations: to forgive, to pardon, to excuse, to make allowance for
From the root: ΣΥΓΓΙΓΝΩΣΚΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to forgive, pardon, or make allowance for someone or something. It implies a recognition of a fault or mistake, followed by an act of leniency or understanding. It is often used in contexts where one person grants forgiveness to another.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G4784 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 14:34
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
- ΣΥΓΓΝΟΙΕΝ — they might pardon, they might forgive, they might excuse, they might understand, they might agree with
- ΣΥΓΓΝΟΝΤΑ — forgiving, pardoning, excusing, overlooking, having compassion
- ΣΥΓΓΝΩΣΕΣΘΑΙ — to forgive, to pardon, to excuse, to overlook
- ΣΥΓΓΝΩΣΘΗΝΑΙ — to be pardoned, to be forgiven, to be excused
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