ΚΑΘΥΒΡΙΖΕΙΝ, καθυβριζειν
KATHYBRIZEIN, kathybrizein
Sounds Like: kath-y-BRI-zeen
Translations: to insult, to outrage, to treat with contempt, to treat despitefully
From the root: ΚΑΘΥΒΡΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition κατά (kathá), meaning 'down' or 'against', and the verb ὑβρίζω (hybrízō), meaning 'to treat with insolence' or 'to insult'. It describes the act of treating someone with extreme contempt, insolence, or violence, often in a way that causes deep shame or dishonor. It implies an act of deliberate and severe abuse or insult.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G2519 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 13 — 15:403
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΘΥΒΡΙΖΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΘΥΒΡΙΖΕΙ — to insult, to outrage, to treat with contempt, to treat with insolence, to abuse
- ΚΑΘΥΒΡΙΖΩ — to insult, to treat contemptuously, to outrage, to abuse
- ΚΑΘΥΒΡΙΣΑΙ — to insult, to outrage, to treat with contempt, to abuse
- ΚΑΘΥΒΡΙΣΑΣΙΝ — having insulted, having treated with contempt, having abused, having outraged
- ΚΑΘΥΒΡΙΣΘΗΣΑΝ — they were insulted, they were treated with contempt, they were outraged
- ΚΑΘΥΒΡΙΣΜΕΝΟΥΣ — having been insulted, having been treated with contempt, having been outraged
- ΚΑΘΥΒΡΙΣΟΥΣΙΝ — they will insult, they will outrage, they will treat with contempt, they will abuse
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