ἘΠΙΚΑΤΑΒΑΛΛΕΙ, ἐπικαταβαλλει
EPIKATABALLEI, epikataballei
Sounds Like: eh-pee-kah-tah-BAL-lei
Translations: to throw down upon, to cast down, to overthrow, to lay down, to cause to fall
From the root: ΕΠΙΚΑΤΑΒΑΛΛΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the prepositions ἘΠΙ (upon, over), ΚΑΤΑ (down), and the verb ΒΑΛΛΩ (to throw, to cast). It means to throw something down upon something else, often with the implication of causing it to fall or be overthrown. It can also mean to lay something down or to cause something to fall.
Inflection: Present, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G1943 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 5 — 8:316
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΚΑΤΑΒΑΛΛΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΚΑΤΑΒΑΛΩΝ — having cast down upon, having thrown down upon, having laid down upon
- ΕΠΙΚΑΤΑΒΑΛΛΕΙ — he casts down upon, he lays upon, he imposes, he inflicts
- ΕΠΙΚΑΤΑΒΑΛΛΩ — to cast down upon, to lay upon, to inflict, to impose
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