ΚΑΤΑΝΑΓΚΑΖΕΙΝ, καταναγκαζειν
KATANAGKAZEIN, katanagkazein
Sounds Like: kah-tah-nah-gah-ZEIN
Translations: to compel, to force, to constrain
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΝΑΓΚΑΖΩ
Part of Speech: Infinitive Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition κατά (kata), meaning 'down' or 'against', and the verb ἀναγκάζω (anankazo), meaning 'to compel' or 'to force'. Therefore, it means to compel or force someone to do something, often implying a strong or even oppressive degree of compulsion. It describes an action where one exerts pressure or authority to make another comply.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G2604 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 13:288
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΝΑΓΚΑΖΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΝΑΓΚΑΖΕΣΘΑΙ — to be compelled, to be forced, to be constrained
- ΚΑΤΑΝΑΓΚΑΖΟΜΕΝΟΙ — being compelled, being forced, being constrained
- ΚΑΤΑΝΑΓΚΑΖΟΝΤΕΣ — compelling, forcing, coercing, those who compel, those who force
- ΚΑΤΑΝΑΓΚΑΖΟΥΣΙΝ — they compel, they force, they constrain
- ΚΑΤΑΝΑΓΚΑΖΩ — compel, force, constrain
- ΚΑΤΑΝΑΓΚΑΣΑΣ — compelling, forcing, constraining, having compelled, having forced, having constrained
- ΚΑΤΑΝΑΓΚΑΣΕΙΝ — to compel, to force, to constrain
- ΚΑΤΗΝΑΓΚΑΖΟΝ — they were compelling, they were forcing, they were constraining
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