ΚΑΤΑΣΤΡΑΤΗΓΕΙΝ, καταστρατηγειν
KATASTRATĒGEIN, katastratēgein
Sounds Like: kah-tah-strah-tay-GEIN
Translations: to outwit, to out-general, to circumvent by strategy, to defraud, to deceive
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΣΤΡΑΤΗΓΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from κατά (kata, 'down, against') and στρατηγέω (strategéō, 'to be a general, to lead an army'). It means to gain an advantage over someone through clever strategy, often implying deception or outmaneuvering. It can be used in contexts of military strategy, but also in more general situations where one person outsmarts another.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G2692 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 62:320
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΣΤΡΑΤΗΓΕΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΣΤΡΑΤΗΓΕΩ — to out-general, to outwit, to defraud, to circumvent, to deceive
- ΚΑΤΑΣΤΡΑΤΗΓΗΘΕΙΣ — outwitted, outmaneuvered, defeated by strategy, having been outgeneraled
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