ΑΠΟΚΑΘΗΜΕΝΗ, αποκαθημενη
APOKATHĒMENĒ, apokathēmenē
Sounds Like: ah-poh-ka-THEE-meh-nee
Translations: menstruating, a menstruating woman, one in her menstruation, one set apart, one separated
From the root: ΑΠΟΚΑΘΗΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the perfect participle, middle/passive voice, feminine, singular, nominative/genitive/dative/accusative of the verb 'apokathēmai'. It literally means 'to sit apart' or 'to be set apart'. In ancient Greek, it was commonly used in a euphemistic sense to refer to a woman who is menstruating, as she was considered ritually unclean and often set apart from others during this time. It can also generally refer to someone who is separated or isolated.
Inflection: Perfect Participle, Middle/Passive Voice, Feminine, Singular, Nominative or Genitive or Dative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G0670 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΠΟΚΑΘΗΜΑΙ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΠΟΚΑΘΗΜΕΝΗ — sitting apart, remaining, dwelling, a woman sitting apart
- ἈΠΟΚΑΘΗΜΕΝΗΣ — of one menstruating, of a menstruating woman, of one sitting apart, of one set apart
- ἈΠΟΚΑΘΗΣΘΑΙ — to sit down, to sit, to remain seated, to be seated
- ΑΠΟΚΑΘΗΜΕΝΗΝ — sitting, remaining, abiding, dwelling, residing
- ΑΠΟΚΑΘΗΜΕΝΗΣ — of sitting down, of being seated, of settling down, of dwelling
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