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μάντις (mantis)

mantis

a clairvoyant

G8254 · Greek · New Testament · 0 verses

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Language
Koine Greek
Testament
New Testament
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0 verses
Root
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Definition

Definition

1. one who divines, a seer, prophet , (Homer), etc.:—;as feminine a prophetess , [variant datesTragica Adespota, (Thucydides)
2. metaphorically a diviner, foreboder , (Sophocles Tragicus)
3. a kind of grasshopper , (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus) (ML)