ΚΑΡΑΤΟΜΗΣΩ, καρατομησω
KARATOMĒSŌ, karatomēsō
Sounds Like: kah-rah-toh-MEE-soh
Translations: I will behead, I will cut off the head
From the root: ΚΑΡΑΤΟΜΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb meaning 'to behead' or 'to cut off the head'. It is formed from 'κάρα' (head) and 'τέμνω' (to cut). In this form, it indicates a future action performed by the speaker, as in 'I will behead him'. It is used to describe the act of executing someone by severing their head.
Inflection: First Person, Singular, Future, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G2776 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 6 — 9:187
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΡΑΤΟΜΕΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΡΑΤΟΜΕΩ — to behead, to cut off the head
- ΚΑΡΑΤΟΜΗΘΕΝΤΟΣΕΝ — of having been beheaded, in, on, at, by, with
- ΚΑΡΑΤΟΜΗΣΩΝ — about to behead, going to behead, having beheaded
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