ΚΑΘΕΛΩΝ, καθελων
KATHELŌN, kathelōn
Sounds Like: ka-theh-LOHN
Translations: taking down, pulling down, throwing down, casting down, destroying, abolishing, deposing
From the root: ΚΑΘΑΙΡΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: ΚΑΘΕΛΩΝ is the masculine singular aorist active participle of the verb ΚΑΘΑΙΡΩ. It is a compound word formed from the preposition ΚΑΤΑ (down) and the verb ΑΙΡΩ (to take, lift). It generally means 'taking down' or 'pulling down' and can refer to physical objects, structures, or even abstract concepts like power or authority. It implies an action of bringing something from a higher position to a lower one, or completely dismantling it.
Inflection: Aorist Active Participle, Singular, Masculine, Nominative
Strong’s number: G2507 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 18:118
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΘΑΙΡΩ.
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.
- ἘΚΑΘΑΙΡΕΝ — he was cleansing, she was cleansing, it was cleansing, he was purifying, she was purifying, it was purifying, he was removing, she was removing, it was removing, he was taking away, she was taking away, it was taking away
- ἘΚΑΘΑΡΘΗ — he was cleansed, it was cleansed, he was purified, it was purified
- ἘΚΑΘΗΡΑΝ — they purified, they cleansed, they purged
- ἘΚΑΘΗΡΕ — he/she/it took down, he/she/it pulled down, he/she/it destroyed, he/she/it purified
- ἘΚΑΘΗΡΕΝ — he cleansed, she cleansed, it cleansed, he purified, she purified, it purified, he purged, she purged, it purged
- ΘΕΙΛΕΝ — he cast down, he pulled down, he threw down, he took down, he brought down, he overthrew, he destroyed
- ΚΑΘΑΙΡΕΘΗΣΕΣΘΑΙ — to be pulled down, to be torn down, to be destroyed, to be overthrown, to be cast down, to be removed, to be abolished
- ΚΑΘΑΙΡΕΙ — he takes down, he pulls down, he destroys, he purifies, he cleanses, he removes, he casts down
- ΚΑΘΑΙΡΕΙΝ — to pull down, to tear down, to destroy, to overthrow, to depose, to purify, to cleanse
- ΚΑΘΑΙΡΕΙΣΘΑΙ — to be pulled down, to be cast down, to be destroyed, to be overthrown
- ΚΑΘΑΙΡΕΙΤΕ — you pull down, you tear down, you destroy, you cast down, you abolish, you remove, you depose
- ΚΑΘΑΙΡΕΤΑΙ — is taken down, is pulled down, is destroyed, is abolished, is deposed
- ΚΑΘΑΙΡΟ — to take down, to pull down, to tear down, to cast down, to remove, to cleanse, to purify, to prune
- ΚΑΘΑΙΡΟΝΤΕΣ — cleansing, purifying, taking down, pulling down, destroying, removing
- ΚΑΘΑΙΡΟΥΝ — pull down, tear down, destroy, cast down, take down, depose, remove, abolish, humble
- ΚΑΘΑΙΡΟΥΝΤΑΙ — they are being torn down, they are being pulled down, they are being demolished, they are being destroyed, they are being cast down, they are being overthrown
- ΚΑΘΑΙΡΟΥΝΤΕΣ — tearing down, pulling down, destroying, overthrowing, casting down, abolishing, bringing down, taking down
- ΚΑΘΑΙΡΟΥΣΙΝ — they pull down, they tear down, they overthrow, they destroy, they cast down
- ΚΑΘΑΙΡΩ — take down, pull down, cast down, destroy, abolish, purify, cleanse, purge
- ΚΑΘΑΡΑΝΤΑΣ — having cleansed, having purified, having purged
- ΚΑΘΑΡΑΝΤΕΣ — having cleansed, having purified, having purged
- ΚΑΘΑΡΘΕΙΣΗΣ — having been cleansed, having been purified, of having been cleansed, of having been purified
- ΚΑΘΑΡΘΩΣΙΝ — they may be cleansed, they may be purified, they may be purged
- ΚΑΘΑΡΚΕ — he has purified, he has cleansed, he has purged
- ΚΑΘΑΡΟΥΝΤΕΣ — cleansing, purifying, making clean
- ΚΑΘΑΡΩΣΙ — they purify, they cleanse, they purge
- ΚΑΘΕΙΛΟ — I took down, I pulled down, I cast down, I overthrew, I demolished
- ΚΑΘΕΙΛΟΝ — pulled down, tore down, overthrew, destroyed
- ΚΑΘΕΛΕΙΣ — you will pull down, you will tear down, you will destroy, you will cast down, you will overthrow
- ΚΑΘΕΛΗΣ — you take down, you pull down, you overthrow, you demolish
- ΚΑΘΕΡΕΤΑΙ — is taken down, is pulled down, is torn down, is destroyed, is removed, is overthrown, is brought down, is purified, is cleansed
- ΚΑΘΕΡΙ — to purify, to cleanse, to purge, to make clean
- ΚΑΘΕΡΩ — I take down, I pull down, I destroy, I cast down, I humble, I remove, I depose
- ΚΑΘΙΛΟΝ — they pulled down, they tore down, they overthrew, they removed
- ΚΕΚΑΘΑΡΚΕ — has cleansed, has purified, has purged
- ΚΕΚΑΘΑΡΜΕΝΟΝ — cleansed, purified, having been cleansed, that which has been cleansed, a cleansed thing
- ΚΕΚΑΘΑΡΤΑΙ — has been cleansed, has been purified, is clean
- ΠΕΡΙΕΚΑΘΑΡΕΝ — cleansed thoroughly, purified completely, purged, purified
- ΠΕΡΙΚΑΘΑΙΡΩ — to cleanse all around, to purge, to purify, to remove, to clear away, to take away
- ΠΡΟΕΚΚΑΘΑΙΡΩ — to cleanse beforehand, to purge out beforehand, to purify in advance
- ΠΡΟΕΚΚΕΚΑΘΑΡΜΕΝΗΣ — of having been thoroughly cleansed beforehand, of having been purified beforehand, of having been completely purged beforehand
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