ΚΑΤΑΤΕΜΝΩ, κατατεμνω
KATATEMNŌ, katatemnō
Sounds Like: kah-tah-TEM-noh
Translations: cut down, cut off, mutilate, castrate
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΤΕΜΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition κατά (kata, 'down' or 'against') and the verb τέμνω (temno, 'to cut'). It means to cut down, cut off, or sever completely. In some contexts, it can refer to mutilation or even castration, implying a severe or destructive cutting. It is used to describe an action of forceful or decisive cutting.
Inflection: Present, Active, Indicative, 1st Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G2699 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΤΕΜΝΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΤΕΤΜΗΜΕΝΟΙ — cut, cut up, cut off, mutilated, disfigured, gashed
- ΚΑΤΕΤΕΜΝΟΝ — they were cutting, they were cutting themselves, they were gashing, they were gashing themselves, they were mutilating, they were mutilating themselves
- ΚΑΤΕΤΕΜΝΟΝΤΟ — they were cutting themselves, they were gashing themselves, they were mutilating themselves
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