Strong's Lexicon
G292 — αμύνομαι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G292 |
|---|---|
| Word: | αμύνομαι |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | middle voice of a primary verb |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | amunomai |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | am-oo'-nom-ai |
| Meaning: | 1. to ward off (for oneself), i.e. protect |
| KJV Renderings: | defend |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀμύνω: 1 aorist middle ἠμυνάμην; (allied with Latinmunio,moenia, etc., Vanicek, p. 731; Curtius, § 451); in Greek writings (from Homer down) to ward off, keep off anything from anyone, τί τίνι, accusative of the thing and the dative of person; hence, with a simple dative of the person, to aid, assist anyone (Thucydides 1, 50; 3, 67, elsewhere). Middle ἀμύνομαι, with accusative of person, to keep off, ward off, anyone from oneself; to defend oneself against anyone (so also 2Ma 10:17; Wis 11:3; the Sept. Jos 10:13); to take vengeance on anyone (Xenophon, an. 2, 3,23; Josephus, Antiquities 9, 1, 2): Act 7:24, where in thought supply τόν ἀδικοῦντα (cf. Buttmann, 194 (168) note; Winer’s Grammar, 258 (242)).
STRONGS NT 292a: ἀμφιβάλλωἀμφιβάλλω; to throw around, equivalent to περιβάλλω, of a garment (Homer, Odyssey 14, 342); to cast to and fro now to one side now to the other: a net, Mar 1:16 G L T Tr WH (according to T Tr WH used absolutely; cf. οἱ ἀμφιβολεῖς, Isa 19:8). (Hab 1:17.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀμύνομαι (defend)
Acts 7:24
- KJV: And seeing one suffer wrong he defended and avenged him that was oppressed and smote the Egyptian
- GK: και ιδών τινα αδικούμενον ημύνατο και εποίησεν εκδίκησιν τω καταπονουμένω πατάξας τον Αιγύπτιον