ΚΑΤΑΚΛΥΣΜΩ, κατακλυσμω
KATAKLYSMŌ, kataklysmō
Sounds Like: kah-tah-kloo-SMOH
Translations: to a flood, to a deluge, to a cataclysm
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΚΛΥΣΜΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a great flood or deluge, often with destructive connotations, like the biblical flood. It is a compound word formed from 'κατά' (down, against) and 'κλύζω' (to wash, to dash over). It describes an overwhelming outpouring of water or a catastrophic event.
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2627 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
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
- ΚΑΤΑΚΛΥΣΜΟΥ — (of) flood, (of) deluge
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