ΚΑΤΑΚΡΗΜΝΙΣΕΙΝ, κατακρημνισειν
KATAKRĒMNISEIN, katakrēmnisein
Sounds Like: kah-tah-krem-NEE-sin
Translations: to cast down headlong, to throw down, to hurl down
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΚΡΗΜΝΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb describes the action of throwing or casting something or someone down from a height, often implying a violent or forceful descent. It is a compound word formed from κατά (kata), meaning 'down', and κρημνίζω (krēmnizō), meaning 'to cast down from a cliff' or 'to precipitate'. It is used to describe actions like pushing someone off a cliff or a wall.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G2657 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 13 — 8:231
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΚΡΗΜΝΙΖΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΚΡΗΜΝΙΕΙΝ — to throw down headlong, to cast down, to hurl down
- ΚΑΤΑΚΡΗΜΝΙΖΩ — to cast down headlong, to throw down a precipice, to hurl down
- ΚΑΤΑΚΡΗΜΝΙΣΑΙ — to cast down headlong, to throw down, to hurl down
- ΚΑΤΑΚΡΗΜΝΙΣΑΝΤΑ — throwing down headlong, casting down, precipitating
- ΚΑΤΑΚΡΗΜΝΙΣΘΗΝΑΙ — to be thrown down headlong, to be cast down, to be hurled down, to be cast down a precipice
- ΚΑΤΕΚΡΗΜΝΙΖΟΝ — they were casting down headlong, they were throwing down, they were hurling down
- ΚΑΤΕΚΡΗΜΝΙΖΟΝΤΟ — they were being thrown down headlong, they were being cast down, they were being hurled down
- ΚΑΤΕΚΡΗΜΝΙΣΕΝ — he threw down headlong, he cast down, he hurled down
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