2001 Translation

PHTHINOUSEN, phthinousen

Sounds Like: fthi-NOO-sen

Translations: fading, waning, perishing, decaying, wasting away

From the root: ΦΘΙΝΩ

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: This word is a present active participle of the verb φθίνω (phthinō), meaning 'to fade, wane, perish, decay, or waste away'. It describes something that is currently in the process of diminishing or coming to an end. It can be used to describe the moon waning, a plant withering, or a person's strength declining.

Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Accusative, Singular, Feminine

Strong’s number: G5351 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

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From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΘΙΝΩ.

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.

• ΟΦΘΙΣΑ — I wasted away, I perished, I decayed, I withered, I faded
• ΦΘΙΝΕΙ — he wastes away, she wastes away, it wastes away, he decays, she decays, it decays, he perishes, she perishes, it perishes, he declines, she declines, it declines, he dwindles, she dwindles, it dwindles
• ΦΘΙΝΟΝ — perishing, decaying, wasting away, fading, diminishing
• ΦΘΙΝΟΥΣΑΝ — waning, diminishing, fading, decaying, wasting away, a waning, a diminishing
• ΦΘΙΝΩ — to waste away, to perish, to decay, to decline, to wane, to dwindle

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