GreekG6791Adjective
δεινός
deinos
“awful”
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Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.fearful, terrible, dread, dire, (Homer), etc.; δεινὸν ἀϋτεῖν, *βροντᾶν *to shout, thunder terribly, (Iliad by Homer); δεινὸν δέρκεσθαι, παπταίνειν, *ἰδεῖν *to look terrible, (Homer); but, *δεινὸς ἰδέσθαι *fearful to behold, (Odyssey by Homer); δεινὸς μὲν ὁρᾶν, *δεινὸς δὲ κλύειν *(Sophocles Tragicus):—; *τὸ δεινόν *danger, suffering, awe, terror, (Herdotus Historicus), etc.; so, *τὰ δεινά *(Sophocles Tragicus), etc.:—; οὐδὲν δεινοί, *μὴ ἀποστέωσιν *no fear of their revolting, (Herdotus Historicus):—; *δεινὸν ποιεῖσθαι *to take ill, complain of, be indignant at a thing, Lat. aegre ferre, (Herdotus Historicus), etc.; *δεινὰ παθεῖν *to suffer dreadful, illegal, arbitrary treatment, attic; so in adverb, *δεινῶς φέρειν *(Herdotus Historicus); δ. *ἔχειν *to be in straits, (Xenophon Historicus)
2.with a notion of Force or Power, mighty, powerful, *δεινὸν σάκος *the mighty shield, (Iliad by Homer)
3.simply, wondrous, marvellous, strange, *τὸ συγγενές τοι δεινόν *kin has a strange power, (Aeschulus Tragicus); δ. ἵμερος, ἔρως, *δέος *(Herdotus Historicus); δεινὸν ἂν εἴη, *εἰ *. , it were strange that . , (Euripides):—;adverb -νῶς, marvellously, exceedingly, δ. μέλας, *ἄνυδρος *(Herdotus Historicus)
4.the sense of powerful, wondrous passed into that of able, clever, skilful, (Herdotus Historicus), attic; especially of practical ability, opposite to σοφός, (Plato Philosophus): with infinitive, *δεινὸς εὑρεῖν *clever at inventing, (Aeschulus Tragicus); *δεινὸς λέγειν *(Sophocles Tragicus); *δεινὸς πράγμασι χρῆσθαι *(Demosthenes Orator): also with accusative, *δεινὸς τὴν τέχνην *(Plato Philosophus); δ. *περί τι *or *τινος *(Plato Philosophus)
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Adjective
Morphology Code
G:A
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Greek Adjective
Occurrences
δεινός appears 0 times in the New Testament.
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