ΚΑΤΑΣΟΦΙΖΟΜΕΝΟΙ, κατασοφιζομενοι
KATASOPHIZOMENOI, katasophizomenoi
Sounds Like: kah-tah-so-FEE-zoh-meh-noy
Translations: outwitting, dealing craftily with, deceiving, outsmarting
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΣΟΦΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from 'κατά' (down, against) and 'σοφίζω' (to make wise, to act wisely, to devise). It means to deal craftily with someone, to outwit them, or to deceive them through cleverness. It implies using wisdom or skill in a negative or manipulative way against another person or group. It is often used in contexts where one party attempts to gain an advantage over another through cunning or trickery.
Inflection: Present, Middle or Passive Voice, Participle, Masculine, Plural, Nominative or Vocative Case
Strong’s number: G2696 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 8 — 15:412
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΣΟΦΙΖΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΣΟΦΙΖΩ — to deal craftily with, to outwit, to defraud, to circumvent, to deceive
- ΚΑΤΑΣΟΦΙΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having dealt craftily with, having outwitted, having defrauded, having taken advantage of
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