ΚΑΤΑΣΧΙΣΑΝΤΕΣ, κατασχισαντες
KATASCHISANTES, kataschisantes
Sounds Like: kah-tah-SKHEE-san-tes
Translations: having torn, having ripped, having rent, having split
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΣΧΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is an aorist active participle, meaning 'having torn' or 'having ripped apart'. It describes an action that has been completed prior to the main verb of the sentence. It is a compound word formed from the preposition κατά (kata), meaning 'down' or 'against', and the verb σχίζω (schizō), meaning 'to split' or 'to tear'. Thus, it conveys the sense of tearing something completely down or apart.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Plural
Strong’s number: G2693 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 1 Maccabees — 1:56
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Maccabees — 1:56
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΣΧΙΖΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΣΧΙΖΩ — to tear, to tear in pieces, to split, to rend
- ΚΑΤΑΣΧΙΣΟΝ — tear down, rend, split, tear apart, rip apart
- ΚΑΤΕΣΧΙΣΜΕΝΟΥΣ — torn, rent, ripped, those who are torn, those who are rent
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