ΚΑΤΑΡΡΑΓΗΝΑΙ, καταρραγηναι
KATARHRAGĒNAI, katarhragēnai
Sounds Like: kah-tah-rrah-GAY-nai
Translations: to break down, to burst open, to tear apart, to be broken, to be torn
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΡΡΗΓΝΥΜΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition κατά (kata), meaning 'down' or 'against', and the verb ῥήγνυμι (rhēgnymi), meaning 'to break' or 'to tear'. The word means to break or tear something completely apart, often with force or violence, or to burst open. It can describe the breaking of a physical object, or metaphorically, the breaking of a storm or a barrier.
Inflection: Aorist, Infinitive, Passive
Strong’s number: G2622 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 8 — 13:345
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΡΡΗΓΝΥΜΙ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΡΗΓΝΥΤΑΙ — is broken, is shattered, is torn apart, is burst
- ΚΑΤΑΡΡΑΓΕΝΤΟΣ — having burst forth, having broken out, having poured down, having broken through, having torn apart
- ΚΑΤΑΡΡΗΓΝΥΕΙ — to break down, to break in pieces, to tear down, to burst, to rend, to shatter
- ΚΑΤΑΡΡΗΓΝΥΜΙ — to break down, to break in pieces, to tear apart, to burst, to rend
- ΚΑΤΑΡΡΗΞΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having broken, having torn, having burst, having shattered
- ΚΑΤΕΡΡΑΓΗ — it was broken, it was torn, it burst forth, it broke out
- ΚΑΤΕΡΡΑΓΜΕΝΟΥΣ — broken down, shattered, crushed, torn, rent, a broken down one, the broken down ones
- ΚΑΤΕΡΡΗΓΜΕΝΟΝ — torn, rent, broken, shattered, burst
- ΚΑΤΕΡΡΩΓΟΤΑΣ — broken, torn, burst, shattered, rent
- ΚΑΤΕΡΡΩΓΥΙΑ — torn, rent, broken, shattered
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