ΚΑΤΑΘΥΕΣΘΑΙ, καταθυεσθαι
KATATHYESTHAI, katathyesthai
Sounds Like: kah-tah-THOO-ehs-thai
Translations: to sacrifice, to offer sacrifice
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΘΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb meaning 'to sacrifice' or 'to offer sacrifice'. It is formed from the preposition 'κατά' (kata), meaning 'down' or 'against', and the verb 'θύω' (thyo), meaning 'to sacrifice' or 'to slay'. In ancient contexts, it typically refers to the act of offering an animal or other valuable item to a deity as an act of worship or appeasement. It can be used in sentences like 'They went to the temple to sacrifice to the gods.'
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G2692 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 3:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΘΥΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΘΥΟΥΣΙΝ — they sacrifice, they offer sacrifices, they slaughter
- ΚΑΤΑΘΥΣΑΙ — to sacrifice, to offer a sacrifice
- ΚΑΤΑΘΥΣΑΝΤΕΣ — having sacrificed, who sacrificed
- ΚΑΤΑΘΥΣΑΣ — having sacrificed, after sacrificing, when he had sacrificed
- ΚΑΤΑΘΥΣΩΣΙΝ — sacrifice, offer sacrifice, slaughter
- ΚΑΤΑΘΥΩ — sacrifice, offer in sacrifice
- ΚΑΤΕΘΥΣΕΝ — sacrificed, offered sacrifice
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