2001 Translation

KATAKAUSASECHŌREI, katakausasechōrei

Sounds Like: kah-tah-KOW-sas eh-KHO-ray

Translations: having burned down, he was going; having burned down, he was proceeding

From the root: ΚΑΤΑΚΑΙΩ, ΧΩΡΕΩ

Part of Speech: Verb, Participle

Explanation: This is a compound phrase formed by two words run together: 'ΚΑΤΑΚΑΥΣΑΣ' (katakausas) and 'ἘΧΩΡΕΙ' (echōrei). 'ΚΑΤΑΚΑΥΣΑΣ' is an aorist active participle meaning 'having burned down' or 'having consumed by fire'. It describes an action completed before the main verb. 'ἘΧΩΡΕΙ' is an imperfect active indicative verb meaning 'he was going' or 'he was proceeding'. Together, the phrase describes someone who had burned something down and was then in the process of going or proceeding.

Inflection: ΚΑΤΑΚΑΥΣΑΣ: Singular, Nominative, Masculine, Aorist Active Participle. ἘΧΩΡΕΙ: Singular, 3rd Person, Imperfect Active Indicative.

Strong’s numbers: G2618 (Lookup on BibleHub), G5562 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Two — 19:4

From the same root

No other words from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΚΑΙΩ, ΧΩΡΕΩ, appear in our texts.

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