ΚΑΤΑΣΚΑΠΤΕΙΝΠΡΟΣΕΤΑΞΕ, κατασκαπτεινπροσεταξε
KATASKAPTEINPROSETAXE, kataskapteinprosetaxe
Sounds Like: kah-tah-SKAP-tin pros-ET-ax-e
Translations: he commanded to demolish, he ordered to raze, he commanded to overthrow
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΣΚΑΠΤΩ, ΠΡΟΣΤΑΣΣΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound word formed by combining two verbs: 'κατασκάπτειν' (kataskaptein), meaning 'to demolish' or 'to dig down', and 'προσετάξε' (prosetaxe), meaning 'he commanded' or 'he ordered'. Together, it means 'he commanded to demolish' or 'he ordered to raze'. It describes an action where someone issued an order for something to be destroyed or torn down.
Inflection: Compound verb: 'κατασκάπτειν' is Present Active Infinitive; 'προσετάξε' is Aorist Active Indicative, 3rd Person Singular
Strong’s numbers: G2690 (Lookup on BibleHub), G4367 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 2:1
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΣΚΑΠΤΩ, ΠΡΟΣΤΑΣΣΩ, appear in our texts.
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