ΤΕΝΟΙΣ, τενοις
TENOIS, tenois
Sounds Like: STEH-noys
Translations: narrow, confined, strait, difficult, narrow place, strait place
From the root: ΣΤΕΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word, ΤΕΝΟΙΣ, appears to be a misspelling or a variant of the Koine Greek word ΣΤΕΝΟΙΣ (stenoîs). The word ΣΤΕΝΟΣ generally describes something that is narrow, confined, or difficult. When used as a noun, it refers to a 'narrow place' or 'strait'. It can describe physical spaces, but also metaphorical 'straits' or 'difficulties' in life. For example, it might be used to describe a narrow path or a challenging situation.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G4728 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Unknown: Yes
Instances
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Smyrnaeans — 13:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΤΕΝΟΣ.
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.
- ΣΤΕΝΑ — narrow, strait, difficult, restricted, narrowly, with difficulty
- ΣΤΕΝΑΙ — narrow, strait, confined, restricted
- ΣΤΕΝΑΣ — narrow, strait
- ΣΤΕΝΗ — narrow, strait, confined, a narrow
- ΣΤΕΝΗΝ — narrow, a narrow, strait, a strait
- ΣΤΕΝΗΣ — narrow, strait, confined
- ΣΤΕΝΟΙΣ — (to) narrow, (to) strait, (to) confined, (to) restricted, (to) difficult, (to) distress, (to) straits, (to) difficulties
- ΣΤΕΝΟΝ — narrow, a narrow, strait, a strait, confined, a confined
- ΣΤΕΝΟΣ — narrow, strait, confined, restricted, difficult
- ΣΤΕΝΟΤΑΤΑΣ — narrowest, very narrow
- ΣΤΕΝΟΤΑΤΟΝ — narrowest, straitest, the narrowest, a narrowest
- ΣΤΕΝΟΤΕΡΟΝ — narrower, more confined, stricter, a narrower thing
- ΣΤΕΝΟΤΕΡΩ — (to) narrower, (to) more narrow, (to) straiter, (to) more strait
- ΣΤΕΝΩΤΑΤΟΣ — narrowest, very narrow, most narrow, an extremely narrow
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