Word Summary
deina: a certain one
Original Word: δεῖναTransliteration: deina
Phonetic Spelling: (di'-nah)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: a certain one
Meaning: a certain one
Strong's Concordance
such a man.
Probably from the same as deinos (through the idea of forgetting the name as fearful, i.e. Strange); so and so (when the person is not specified) -- such a man.
see GREEK deinos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1170: δεῖναδεῖνα,
ὁ,
ἡ; genitive
δεινός; dative
δεινι; accusative
τόν,
τήν,
τό δεῖνα (cf.
Matthiae, § 151),
such a one, a certain one, i. e. one whose name I cannot call on the instant, or whose name it is of no importance to mention; once in the Scriptures, viz.
Matthew 26:18. (
Aristophanes,
Demosthenes, others.)