ΚΑΤΑΚΟΥΣΑΣ, κατακουσας
KATAKOUSAS, katakousas
Sounds Like: kah-tah-KOO-sas
Translations: having heard, having listened, having obeyed, having hearkened
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΚΟΥΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb 'katakouō', meaning 'to hear thoroughly' or 'to listen attentively'. It implies not just hearing, but also understanding and often, by extension, obeying. It is used to describe someone who has completed the action of hearing or listening, often with the implication of subsequent action based on what was heard.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Nominative, Masculine, Singular
Strong’s number: G2620 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 7 — 13:329
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΚΟΥΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΚΟΥΕΙΝ — to hear, to listen, to obey, to hearken
- ΚΑΤΑΚΟΥΣΕΙΕ — he might hear, he might listen, he might obey
- ΚΑΤΑΚΟΥΩ — to hear, to listen, to obey, to hearken
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