Strong G292ἀμύνω
to defend
- Transliteration
- amunomai
- Pronunciation
- am-oo'-nom-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Middle voice of a primary verb; to ward off (for oneself) that is protect: - defend.
Detailed definition
ἀμύνω
[in LXX (mid.): Jos.10:13 (נָקַם), נָקַם), Psa.118:10-12 מוּל hi.), Isa.59:16 (יָשַׁע hi.), Wis.11:3, al.;]
to ward off, etc. Mid.
__(a) to defend oneself against;
__(b) to requite;
__(with) = act., to defend, assist (Isa, l.with): with accusative of person(s), Act.7:24 (MM, VGT, see word).†
(AS)
[in LXX (mid.): Jos.10:13 (נָקַם), נָקַם), Psa.118:10-12 מוּל hi.), Isa.59:16 (יָשַׁע hi.), Wis.11:3, al.;]
to ward off, etc. Mid.
__(a) to defend oneself against;
__(b) to requite;
__(with) = act., to defend, assist (Isa, l.with): with accusative of person(s), Act.7:24 (MM, VGT, see word).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G292 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- defend1
First verses
- Acts 7:24And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀμύνω [ῡ],
Epic dialect imperfect ἄμῡνον[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.731:)]future ἀμῠνῶ, Ionic dialect -ῠνέω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.60, _3rd.pers._ _plural_ -εῦσι [prev. work] 6)]: aorist 1 ἤμῡνα, Epic dialect ἄμυνα [ᾰμ] [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.615)]: aorist 2, see at {ἀμυνάθω}:—middle, Epic dialect imperfect ἀμυνόμην [Refs ([prev. work] 13.514)]: future ἀμυνοῦμαι: aorist 1 ἠμυνάμην: aorist 2, see at {ἀμυνάθω}:—passive rare (see. below c):—keep off, ward off, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, mostly in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”)] —Construction:
1 with accusative of the person or thing to be kept off, with dative person for or from whom danger averted, Δαναοῖσιν λοιγὸν ἄμυνον ward off ruin from the Danai, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.456, compare 341, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.525:— _dative_ frequently omitted, ὃς λοιγὸν ἀμύνει 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.603; ἄ. τὸν βάρβαρον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 692e, compare “Anecdota Graeca - Bekker” 79)]. b. with dative only, defend, aid, succour, ἀ. ὤρεσσι, σοῖσιν ἔτῃσι, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.486, 6.262, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.500, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.87, 9.6, etc.)]; τοιαῦτ᾽ ἀμύνεθ᾽ Ἡρακλεῖ such aid ye give to H., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 219)]; ἀ. τῇ πόλει, τῷ δήμῳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 577, 790; τῷ νόμῳ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 523, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.67:)] —with infinitive added, τοῖς μὲν οὐκ ἠμύνατε σωθῆναι so that they might be saved, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.80.)]
2 with accusative et genitive, Τρῶας ἄμυνε νεῶν he kept the Trojans off from the ships, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.731, compare 4.11, 12.402. b. with _genitive_ only, ἀ. νηῶν)] defend the ships, [Refs ([prev. work] 13.109.)]
3 absolutely, succour, χεῖρες ἀμύνειν hands to aid, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 814; ἀμύνειν εἰσὶ καὶ ἄλλοι, are warded off,_ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 11.54)]; ἀμυνέσθω let him be driven away, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 845c.)]
Epic dialect imperfect ἄμῡνον[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.731:)]future ἀμῠνῶ, Ionic dialect -ῠνέω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.60, _3rd.pers._ _plural_ -εῦσι [prev. work] 6)]: aorist 1 ἤμῡνα, Epic dialect ἄμυνα [ᾰμ] [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.615)]: aorist 2, see at {ἀμυνάθω}:—middle, Epic dialect imperfect ἀμυνόμην [Refs ([prev. work] 13.514)]: future ἀμυνοῦμαι: aorist 1 ἠμυνάμην: aorist 2, see at {ἀμυνάθω}:—passive rare (see. below c):—keep off, ward off, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, mostly in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”)] —Construction:
1 with accusative of the person or thing to be kept off, with dative person for or from whom danger averted, Δαναοῖσιν λοιγὸν ἄμυνον ward off ruin from the Danai, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.456, compare 341, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.525:— _dative_ frequently omitted, ὃς λοιγὸν ἀμύνει 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.603; ἄ. τὸν βάρβαρον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 692e, compare “Anecdota Graeca - Bekker” 79)]. b. with dative only, defend, aid, succour, ἀ. ὤρεσσι, σοῖσιν ἔτῃσι, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.486, 6.262, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.500, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.87, 9.6, etc.)]; τοιαῦτ᾽ ἀμύνεθ᾽ Ἡρακλεῖ such aid ye give to H., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 219)]; ἀ. τῇ πόλει, τῷ δήμῳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 577, 790; τῷ νόμῳ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 523, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.67:)] —with infinitive added, τοῖς μὲν οὐκ ἠμύνατε σωθῆναι so that they might be saved, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.80.)]
2 with accusative et genitive, Τρῶας ἄμυνε νεῶν he kept the Trojans off from the ships, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.731, compare 4.11, 12.402. b. with _genitive_ only, ἀ. νηῶν)] defend the ships, [Refs ([prev. work] 13.109.)]
3 absolutely, succour, χεῖρες ἀμύνειν hands to aid, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 814; ἀμύνειν εἰσὶ καὶ ἄλλοι, are warded off,_ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 11.54)]; ἀμυνέσθω let him be driven away, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 845c.)]