ΤΑΙΝ, ταιν
TAIN, tain
Sounds Like: TEK-tai-noh
Translations: to make, to build, to devise, to contrive, to fabricate, to forge
From the root: ΤΕΚΤΑΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is likely an inflected form or a misspelling of the Koine Greek verb 'τεκταίνω' (tektainō), which means 'to make, to build, to devise, or to contrive'. It describes the act of creating or planning something, often with skill or ingenuity. It can be used in contexts ranging from physical construction to the devising of schemes or plots.
Inflection: It is not a standard inflected form of 'τεκταίνω'. It might be a truncated form, a misspelling, or part of a compound word not immediately recognizable. If it were an inflected form, it would typically be part of a larger word or have a different ending.
Strong’s number: G5079 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Unknown: Yes
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:19
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 14 — 15:425
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΤΕΚΤΑΙΝΩ.
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.
- ἘΤΕΚΤΑΙΝΟΝ — they were building, they built, they were constructing, they constructed, they were framing, they framed
- ἘΤΕΚΤΗΝΑΝΤΟ — they built, they constructed, they fabricated, they devised
- ἘΤΕΚΤΗΝΑΤΟ — he built, she built, it built, he constructed, she constructed, it constructed, he fashioned, she fashioned, it fashioned, he made, she made, it made
- ΤΕΚΤΑΙΝΕΙ — builds, constructs, devises, plots, makes, fabricates
- ΤΕΚΤΑΙΝΕΤΑΙ — is built, is made, is devised, is contrived, builds, makes, devises, contrives
- ΤΕΚΤΑΙΝΟΜΕΝΗ — devising, fabricating, building, constructing, working, making
- ΤΕΚΤΑΙΝΟΜΕΝΟΣ — working, building, crafting, devising, making, a worker, a builder, a craftsman
- ΤΕΚΤΑΙΝΟΜΕΝΟΥ — (of) devising, (of) contriving, (of) fabricating, (of) building, (of) constructing
- ΤΕΚΤΑΙΝΟΝΤΕΣ — making, crafting, building, constructing, fabricating
- ΤΕΚΤΑΙΝΟΝΤΩΝ — building, constructing, making, crafting, working, devising
- ΤΕΚΤΑΙΝΟΥΣΙ — they build, they make, they fashion, they devise
- ΤΕΚΤΑΙΝΟΥΣΙΝ — they build, they make, they devise, they fashion
- ΤΕΚΤΑΙΝΩ — to build, to construct, to make, to devise
- ΤΕΚΤΕΝΕ — you devise, you plot, you contrive, you make, you build
- ΤΕΚΤΗΝ — to build, to construct, to make, to devise, to contrive
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