ΚΑΤΑΣΠΕΥΔΕΙ, κατασπευδει
KATASPEUDEI, kataspeudei
Sounds Like: kah-tah-SPEW-dee
Translations: he/she/it hastens, he/she/it hurries, he/she/it rushes
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΣΠΕΥΔΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from κατά (kata), meaning 'down' or 'intensifying', and σπεύδω (speudō), meaning 'to hasten' or 'to hurry'. Together, it means to hasten or hurry intensely, often with a sense of urgency or pressing forward. It describes an action performed quickly or with dispatch.
Inflection: Third Person, Singular, Present Tense, Indicative Mood, Active Voice
Strong’s number: G2692 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Sirach — 32:10
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Sirach — 35:10
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΣΠΕΥΔΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΕΥΔΟΜΕΝΗ — being hastened, being hurried, being rushed, being pressed on
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΕΥΔΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ — being hurried, being rushed, those being hurried, those being rushed
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΕΥΔΟΝΤΑΣ — hastening, rushing, pressing on, urging on, those who are hastening, those who are rushing, those who are pressing on, those who are urging on
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΕΥΔΟΥΣΑ — hastening, speeding up, accelerating, a hastening one, she who hastens
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΕΥΔΩ — to hasten, to hurry, to rush, to press on, to be eager
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΕΥΣΑΙ — to hasten, to hurry, to speed up, to press on
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΕΥΣΑΤΕ — Hurry, hasten, make haste
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΕΥΣΟΝ — hasten, make haste, hurry, speed up
- ΚΑΤΕΣΠΕΥΔΕ — hasten, hurry, urge on, press on, be eager, be urgent
- ΚΑΤΕΣΠΕΥΔΕΝ — he/she/it hurried, he/she/it hastened, he/she/it urged on
- ΚΑΤΕΣΠΕΥΣΑΝ — they hurried, they rushed, they hastened, they urged on
- ΚΑΤΕΣΠΕΥΣΕΝ — hastened, hurried, rushed, made haste
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