ΚΑΤΑΧΡΥΣΟΩ, καταχρυσοω
KATACHRYSOŌ, katachrysoō
Sounds Like: kah-tah-KHROO-soh-oh
Translations: to gild, to overlay with gold, to adorn with gold
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΧΡΥΣΟΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition ΚΑΤΑ (kata, meaning 'down' or 'completely') and the verb ΧΡΥΣΟΩ (chrysoo, meaning 'to make golden' or 'to gild'). It means to cover something entirely with gold, to overlay it with gold, or to adorn it lavishly with gold. It implies a thorough and complete application of gold.
Inflection: Present Active Indicative, First Person Singular; or Present Active Infinitive
Strong’s number: G2638 (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, ΚΑΤΑΧΡΥΣΟΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΚΕΧΡΥΣΩΜΕΝΟΥΣ — gilded, overlaid with gold, covered with gold
- ΚΑΤΑΧΡΥΣΩΣΕΙΣ — you shall overlay, you will overlay, you will gild, you shall gild
- ΚΑΤΕΧΡΥΣΩΣΑΝ — they overlaid with gold, they gilded, they covered with gold
- ΚΑΤΕΧΡΥΣΩΣΕΝ — he overlaid with gold, he gilded, he covered with gold
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