ΚΑΤΑΚΛΥΖΩ, κατακλυζω
KATAKLYZŌ, kataklyzō
Sounds Like: kah-tah-KLOO-zoh
Translations: to flood, to deluge, to overflow, to engulf, to drown
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΚΛΥΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to flood, deluge, or engulf with water. It is often used to describe a great flood, such as the biblical deluge. It can also imply being overwhelmed or submerged by something, not necessarily water. It is a compound word formed from the preposition ΚΑΤΑ (kata), meaning 'down' or 'against', and ΚΛΥΖΩ (klyzō), meaning 'to wash' or 'to dash over'.
Inflection: First person singular, present active indicative
Strong’s number: G2627 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΚΛΥΖΩ.
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- ΚΑΤΑΚΛΥΖΟΜΕΝΗΝ — being flooded, being deluged, being overwhelmed, a flooded (one), a deluged (one)
- ΚΑΤΑΚΛΥΖΟΝΤΑ — flooding, overflowing, overwhelming, deluging
- ΚΑΤΑΚΛΥΖΟΝΤΙ — flooding, overflowing, deluging, engulfing
- ΚΑΤΑΚΛΥΖΟΝΤΟΣ — (of) overflowing, (of) deluging, (of) inundating
- ΚΑΤΑΚΛΥΖΩΝ — flooding, overflowing, overwhelming, deluging
- ΚΑΤΑΚΛΥΣΕΙ — will overflow, will flood, will engulf, will deluge
- ΚΑΤΑΚΛΥΣΘΕΙΣ — having been deluged, having been flooded, having been overwhelmed
- ΚΑΤΑΚΛΥΣΘΗΝΑΙ — to be flooded, to be deluged, to be overwhelmed, to be submerged
- ΚΑΤΑΚΛΥΣΘΗΣΟΝΤΑΙ — they will be flooded, they will be overwhelmed, they will be deluged
- ΚΑΤΕΚΛΥΣΑΝ — they deluged, they flooded, they overwhelmed, they submerged
- ΚΑΤΕΚΛΥΣΕ — he flooded, it flooded, he overwhelmed, it overwhelmed, he submerged, it submerged, he deluged, it deluged
- ΚΑΤΕΚΛΥΣΕΝ — he flooded, it flooded, he deluged, it deluged, he overwhelmed, it overwhelmed
- ΚΑΤΕΚΛΥΣΘΗ — was flooded, was deluged, was overwhelmed
- ΚΑΤΕΚΛΥΣΘΗΣΑΝ — they were flooded, they were deluged, they were overwhelmed
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