ΚΑΘΥΜΝΗΤΑΙ, καθυμνηται
KATHYMNĒTAI, kathymnētai
Sounds Like: kath-yoom-NEE-tai
Translations: to sing about, to celebrate in song, to extol, to praise
From the root: ΚΑΘΥΜΝΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition κατά (kata, meaning 'down' or 'against' but here intensifying) and the verb ὑμνέω (hymneō, meaning 'to sing hymns, to praise'). It means to sing about something or someone, to celebrate them in song, or to extol and praise them. It implies a thorough or complete act of praising through song.
Inflection: Present, Passive, Indicative, Third Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G2589 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΘΥΜΝΕΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΘΥΜΝΗΣΑΝ — sang, sang about, celebrated in song, hymned
- ΚΑΘΥΜΝΟΥΝ — they sang, they sang hymns, they sang praises
- ΚΑΘΥΜΝΟΥΝΤΕΣ — singing praises, praising, celebrating with hymns
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