ΚΑΤΑΡΙΠΤΩ, καταριπτω
KATARIPTŌ, katariptō
Sounds Like: kah-tah-RIP-toh
Translations: to throw down, to cast down, to overthrow, to demolish
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΡΙΠΤΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to throw something down, to cast it down, or to cause it to fall. It can be used in the sense of overthrowing or demolishing something, indicating a forceful action of bringing something to the ground. It is a compound word formed from 'κατά' (down) and 'ρίπτω' (to throw).
Inflection: First Aorist Active Indicative (often used as a general verb form in lexicons), but can inflect for tense, voice, mood, person, and number.
Strong’s number: G2690 (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, ΚΑΤΑΡΙΠΤΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΡΙΠΤΟΜΕΝΩΝ — falling down, being thrown down, being cast down, being overthrown
- ΚΑΤΕΡΙΨΕΝ — he threw down, he cast down, he overthrew, he demolished
- ΚΑΤΕΡΡΙΨΑΝ — they threw down, they cast down, they overthrew, they demolished
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