ΚΑΤΑΚΛΥΣΜΟΥ, κατακλυσμου
KATAKLYSMOU, kataklysmou
Sounds Like: kah-tah-kloo-SMOO
Translations: (of) flood, (of) deluge
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΚΛΥΣΜΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a great flood or deluge, often with destructive connotations. It is a compound word formed from the preposition κατά (kata), meaning 'down' or 'against', and the verb κλύζω (klyzo), meaning 'to wash' or 'to inundate'. It is typically used to describe a widespread inundation of water.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2627 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Matthew — 24:38
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 19:130
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 24:38
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΚΛΥΣΜΟΣ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΚΛΥΣΙ — to a flood, to a deluge, to the flood, to the deluge
- ΚΑΤΑΚΛΥΣΜΟΝ — flood, deluge, a flood, a deluge
- ΚΑΤΑΚΛΥΣΜΟΣ — flood, a flood, deluge, a deluge
- ΚΑΤΑΚΛΥΣΜΩ — to a flood, to a deluge, to a cataclysm
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