ΚΑΤΑΣΠΑΣΑΝΤΕΣ, κατασπασαντες
KATASPASANTES, kataspasantes
Sounds Like: kah-tah-SPAH-san-tes
Translations: having torn down, having pulled down, having dragged down, having drawn down
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΣΠΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a compound participle derived from the verb 'κατασπάω' (kataspaō), meaning 'to tear down' or 'to pull down'. It describes an action of forcefully bringing something down or removing it. As a participle, it functions like an adjective or adverb, describing the subject's action or the circumstances surrounding an action, often translated with 'having' + past participle.
Inflection: Aorist Active Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Plural
Strong’s number: G2709 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 18 — 9:315
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΣΠΑΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΑΝ — to draw down, to pull down, to tear down, to demolish, to drag down
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΑΣΑΙ — to pull down, to tear down, to demolish, to throw down
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΑΣΑΜΕΝΗ — having drawn down, having pulled down, having torn down, having dragged down
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΑΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having drawn down, having pulled down, having dragged down, having embraced, having kissed
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΑΣΑΣ — having drawn down, having pulled down, having torn down, having dragged down
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΑΣΑΣΘΑΙ — to draw down, to pull down, to tear down, to demolish
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΑΣΟΝ — pull down, tear down, demolish, draw down, drag down
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΑΣΩ — I will pull down, I will tear down, I will demolish, I will destroy
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΑΩ — to pull down, to tear down, to drag down, to demolish
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΩ — to pull down, to tear down, to demolish, to overthrow, to drag down, to draw down
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΩΝΤΕΣ — pulling down, tearing down, demolishing, overthrowing
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΩΣΙ — they pull down, they tear down, they drag down, they pull apart, they tear apart
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΩΤΕΣ — to draw down, to pull down, to tear down, to demolish, to destroy
- ΚΑΤΕΣΠΑ — pulled down, tore down, cast down, threw down, drew down
- ΚΑΤΕΣΠΑΣΑ — I pulled down, I tore down, I demolished, I drew down
- ΚΑΤΕΣΠΑΣΑΝ — pulled down, tore down, demolished, threw down
- ΚΑΤΕΣΠΑΣΕΝ — tore down, pulled down, demolished, threw down, cast down
- ΚΑΤΕΣΠΑΣΘΗ — was torn down, was pulled down, was dragged down, was overthrown
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