ΚΑΤΑΠΕΛΤΗΝ, καταπελτην
KATAPELTĒN, katapeltēn
Sounds Like: kah-tah-PEL-teen
Translations: catapult, a catapult, battering ram, a battering ram
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΠΕΛΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a catapult or a battering ram, a type of ancient siege engine used to hurl projectiles or break down walls. It is a compound word formed from 'κατά' (down, against) and 'πάλλω' (to hurl, to shake).
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2691 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΠΕΛΤΗΣ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΠΕΛΤΑΙ — catapults, siege engines, ballistas
- ΚΑΤΑΠΕΛΤΑΣ — catapult, a catapult
- ΚΑΤΑΠΕΛΤΗ — catapult, a catapult, ballista, a ballista
- ΚΑΤΑΠΕΛΤΗΣ — catapult, a catapult, battering ram, a battering ram
- ΚΑΤΑΠΕΛΤΙΚΟΙΣ — catapult-like, relating to catapults, of catapults
- ΚΑΤΑΠΕΛΤΙΚΩΝ — of catapults, of engines, of siege engines, relating to catapults, relating to engines, relating to siege engines
- ΚΑΤΑΠΕΛΤΩΝ — of catapults
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