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Name of God’s Son

ΚΑΤΑΦΘΕΙΡΟΜΕΝΩΝ, καταφθειρομενων

KATAPHTHEIROMENŌN, kataphtheiromenōn

Sounds Like: kah-tah-fthay-roh-MEH-nohn

Translations: of those being corrupted, of those being destroyed, of those being ruined, of those being wasted

From the root: ΚΑΤΑΦΘΕΙΡΩ

Part of Speech: Participle

Explanation: This word is a present passive participle, meaning 'being corrupted' or 'being destroyed'. It is a compound word formed from the preposition κατά (kata), meaning 'down' or 'against', and the verb φθείρω (phtheirō), meaning 'to corrupt' or 'to destroy'. When used in a sentence, it describes something or someone that is in the process of being ruined or brought to decay, often with a sense of completeness or intensity due to the prefix.

Inflection: Present, Passive, Participle, Genitive, Plural, All genders

Strong’s number: G2692 (Lookup on BibleHub)


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Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

From the same root

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