ΚΑΘΑΠΤΩ, καθαπτω
KATHAPTŌ, kathaptō
Sounds Like: ka-THAP-toh
Translations: to fasten upon, to lay hold of, to attack, to seize, to bind
From the root: ΚΑΘΑΠΤΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition 'κατά' (KATA, meaning 'down' or 'against') and the verb 'ἅπτω' (HAPTO, meaning 'to fasten', 'to light', or 'to touch'). It generally means to fasten upon, to lay hold of, or to seize something or someone, often with the implication of an attack or binding. It can describe physically taking hold of something or metaphorically attacking someone with words or actions.
Inflection: Does not inflect (this is the root/lexical form)
Strong’s number: G2511 (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, ΚΑΘΑΠΤΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΘΑΠΤΕΣΘΑΙ — to attack, to lay hold of, to fasten upon, to censure, to blame
- ΚΑΘΑΠΤΕΤΑΙ — to attack, to lay hold of, to fasten upon, to seize, to censure, to criticize
- ΚΑΘΑΠΤΟΜΕΝΟΣ — laying hold of, seizing, attacking, assailing, reproaching, rebuking
- ΚΑΘΗΠΤΕΤΟ — he was fastening, he was attaching, he was laying hold of, he was assailing, he was reproaching
- ΚΑΘΗΠΤΟΝΤΟ — they attacked, they assailed, they fastened upon, they laid hold of
- ΚΑΘΗΠΤΩ — to fasten upon, to lay hold of, to attack, to seize, to bind
- ΚΑΘΗΨΕ — fastened, bit, seized, took hold of
- ΚΑΘΗΨΕΝ — fastened itself upon, attacked, seized, bit
- ΚΑΘΗΨΟΥΝ — they will fasten upon, they will attach, they will bind, they will apply
- ΚΑΙΘΑΠΤΕΙΝ — to bury, to inter, to fasten upon, to attack
- ΤΟΝΚΑΘΑΠΤΟΜΕΝΟΝ — the one seizing, the one attacking, the one laying hold of, the one clinging to, the one reproaching
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