Definition
σαίνω
1. prop. (Hom., al.), of dogs, to wag the tail, fawn.
2. Metaphorical, of persons, with accusative, to fawn upon, flatter, beguile: pass., 1 Thessalonians 3:3 (for conjectural emendations of the text, see ICC, and M, Th., in l).
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- 1 Thessalonians 3:3σαίνεσθαι · would be shaken…so that none of you would be shaken by these trials. For you know that we are destined for this.