ΚΑΤΑΣΒΕΝΝΥΜΙ, κατασβεννυμι
KATASBENNYMI, katasbennymi
Sounds Like: kah-tah-SBEH-nyoo-mee
Translations: to quench, to extinguish, to put out, to suppress
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΣΒΕΝΝΥΜΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to quench or extinguish, typically referring to fire or a flame. It can also be used metaphorically to mean to suppress or put an end to something, like a feeling, a movement, or a spiritual gift. It is a compound word formed from the preposition ΚΑΤΑ (KATA), meaning 'down' or 'against', and the verb ΣΒΕΝΝΥΜΙ (SBENNYMI), meaning 'to quench' or 'to extinguish'.
Inflection: Present Active Indicative, First Person Singular
Strong’s number: G2602 (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, ΚΑΤΑΣΒΕΝΝΥΜΙ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΣΒΕΣΑΙ — to extinguish, to quench, to put out, to suppress
- ΚΑΤΑΣΒΕΣΕΙ — he will extinguish, he will quench, he will put out, he will suppress
- ΚΑΤΑΣΒΕΣΙ — to extinguish, to quench, to put out
- ΚΑΤΕΣΒΕΣΕ — extinguished, quenched, put out
- ΚΑΤΕΣΒΕΣΕΝ — he extinguished, it extinguished, he quenched, it quenched, he put out, it put out
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