ΚΑΤΑΡΑΚΤΑΙ, καταρακται
KATARAKTAI, kataraktai
Sounds Like: kah-tah-RAK-tai
Translations: waterfalls, cataracts, floodgates, the waterfalls, the cataracts, the floodgates
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΡΑΚΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to waterfalls, cataracts, or floodgates, often specifically those of the heavens, implying a great outpouring of water. It is a plural noun, typically used to describe large, powerful flows of water.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative
Strong’s number: G2631 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
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, ΚΑΤΑΡΑΚΤΗΣ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΡΑΚΤΑΣ — waterfall, a waterfall, floodgate, a floodgate, cataract, a cataract
- ΚΑΤΑΡΑΚΤΗΝ — waterfall, a waterfall, cataract, a cataract, floodgate, a floodgate, portcullis, a portcullis, vulture, a vulture, cormorant, a cormorant
- ΚΑΤΑΡΑΚΤΗΣ — waterfall, cataract, floodgate, sluice, torrent, a waterfall, a cataract
- ΚΑΤΑΡΑΚΤΩΝ — of waterfalls, of cataracts, of floodgates, of torrents
- ΚΑΤΑΡΑΚΤ‾Η‾ — waterfall, cataract, floodgate, chute, torrent, a waterfall, a cataract, a floodgate, a chute, a torrent
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