ΚΑΤΑΤΕΙΝΟΥΣΑΝ, κατατεινουσαν
KATATEINOUSAN, katateinousan
Sounds Like: kah-tah-TEE-noo-sahn
Translations: stretching, extending, reaching, straining, exerting
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΤΕΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a compound participle, formed from the preposition ΚΑΤΑ (KATA), meaning 'down' or 'against', and the verb ΤΕΙΝΩ (TEINO), meaning 'to stretch' or 'to extend'. As a whole, it means 'to stretch down', 'to extend', 'to reach', or 'to strain'. It describes something that is actively stretching or extending in a particular direction or to a certain degree. It can also imply an exertion of effort or a straining.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Accusative, Singular, Feminine
Strong’s number: G2658 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 2:8
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΤΕΙΝΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΤΕΙΝΟΜΕΝΟΣ — stretching, straining, extending, exerting, striving, being stretched, being strained
- ΚΑΤΑΤΕΙΝΟΝ — extending, stretching, reaching, straining, exerting
- ΚΑΤΑΤΕΙΝΟΝΤΕΣ — stretching, extending, straining, exerting, reaching, aiming
- ΚΑΤΑΤΕΙΝΩ — stretch, stretch out, extend, reach, strain, exert, apply oneself
- ΚΑΤΑΤΕΝΕΙ — stretch out, strain, exert, oppress, afflict
- ΚΑΤΑΤΕΝΕΙΣ — you shall strain, you shall stretch out, you shall exert, you shall oppress
- ΚΑΤΕΤΕΙΝΑΤΟ — stretched out, extended, strained, exerted oneself
- ΚΑΤΕΤΕΙΝΕΝ — stretched out, extended, strained, exerted
- ΚΑΤΕΤΕΙΝΟΝ — they stretched out, they strained, they exerted themselves, I stretched out, I strained, I exerted myself
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