ΚΑΤΑΠΤΗΞΕΙ, καταπτηξει
KATAPTĒXEI, kataptēxei
Sounds Like: kah-tah-PTEEK-say
Translations: will shrink back, will cower, will be terrified
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΠΤΗΣΣΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the action of shrinking back or cowering due to fear or terror. It implies a strong, involuntary reaction to a perceived threat or danger, where one pulls away or hides oneself. It is used to express a state of being utterly terrified or intimidated.
Inflection: Future Active Indicative, 3rd Person Singular
Strong’s number: G2689 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Sirach — 32:18
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Sirach — 35:18
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΠΤΗΣΣΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΠΤΗΚΕΝ — has cowered, has shrunk back, has been terrified
- ΚΑΤΑΠΤΗΞ — to shrink from, to cower, to be afraid, to be terrified, to be intimidated
- ΚΑΤΑΠΤΗΣΣΕΙ — to crouch, to cower, to shrink back, to be afraid, to be terrified
- ΚΑΤΑΠΤΗΣΣΟΝΤΕΣ — cowering, shrinking, being terrified, being scared
- ΚΑΤΑΠΤΗΣΣΩ — to cower, to shrink back, to be terrified, to be afraid
- ΚΑΤΕΠΤΗΚΕΝ — has been terrified, has been dismayed, has shrunk back, has cowered
- ΚΑΤΕΠΤΗΧΕΝΑΙ — to be terrified, to be scared, to be frightened, to shrink back, to cower
- ΚΑΤΕΠΤΗΧΟΤΩΝ — of having been terrified, of having been cowered, of having been frightened, of having been scared
- ΤΟΚΑΤΑΠΤΗΣΣΕΙΝ — the cowering, the shrinking, the being terrified, the being disheartened
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