ΚΑΤΑΛΕΑΝΕΙ, καταλεανει
KATALEANEI, kataleanei
Sounds Like: kah-tah-leh-AH-nee
Translations: he grinds fine, she grinds fine, it grinds fine, he pulverizes, she pulverizes, it pulverizes, he crushes, she crushes, it crushes
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΛΕΑΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the action of grinding something into a fine powder or pulverizing it. It is used to indicate a thorough and destructive crushing action, often implying a complete reduction of something to a very small state. It is a compound word formed from the preposition κατά (kata), meaning 'down' or 'completely', and the verb λεαίνω (leainō), meaning 'to smooth' or 'to grind'.
Inflection: Third Person, Singular, Present, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G2692 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 31:6
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 7:23
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΛΕΑΙΝΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΛΕΑΙΝΩΝ — grinding down, crushing, wearing away
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