ΚΑΤΑΘΥΣΩΣΙΝ, καταθυσωσιν
KATATHYSŌSIN, katathysōsin
Sounds Like: kah-tah-THOO-soh-sin
Translations: sacrifice, offer sacrifice, slaughter
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΘΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition κατά (kata), meaning 'down' or 'against', and the verb θύω (thyo), meaning 'to sacrifice' or 'to slaughter'. It means to sacrifice or slaughter, often implying a complete or thorough act of sacrifice. It is used to describe the act of offering an animal or other offering to a deity.
Inflection: Aorist, Subjunctive, Active, Third Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G2694 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 6 — 7:148
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΘΥΕΣΘΑΙ — to sacrifice, to offer sacrifice
- 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
- ΚΑΤΑΘΥΩ — sacrifice, offer in sacrifice
- ΚΑΤΕΘΥΣΕΝ — sacrificed, offered sacrifice
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