ΚΑΤΑΤΕΝΕΙ, κατατενει
KATATENEI, katatenei
Sounds Like: kah-tah-TEH-nee
Translations: stretch out, strain, exert, oppress, afflict
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΤΕΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition κατά (kata), meaning 'down' or 'against', and the verb τείνω (teinō), meaning 'to stretch'. It generally means to stretch out, strain, or exert oneself. In some contexts, it can imply a forceful or oppressive action, such as to afflict or oppress someone, by stretching them to their limits or bearing down on them.
Inflection: Present, Active, Indicative, Third Person Singular
Strong’s number: G2658 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Leviticus — 25:46
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
- ΚΑΤΑΤΕΙΝΟΥΣΑΝ — stretching, extending, reaching, straining, exerting
- ΚΑΤΑΤΕΙΝΩ — stretch, stretch out, extend, reach, strain, exert, apply oneself
- 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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