ΚΑΤΑΝΑΓΚΑΖΩ, καταναγκαζω
KATANAGKAZŌ, katanagkazō
Sounds Like: kah-tah-nang-KAH-zoh
Translations: compel, force, constrain
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΝΑΓΚΑΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition κατά (kata, 'down, against') and the verb ἀναγκάζω (anankazo, 'to compel, force'). It means to compel, constrain, or force someone to do something, often implying a strong or even oppressive degree of compulsion. It describes an action where external pressure is applied to make someone comply.
Inflection: Present, Active, Indicative, 1st Person Singular
Strong’s number: G2604 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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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.
- ΚΑΤΑΝΑΓΚΑΖΕΙΝ — to compel, to force, to constrain
- 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
- 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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