ΚΑΤΕΔΕΙΣΑΝ, κατεδεισαν
KATEDEISAN, katedeisan
Sounds Like: kah-tah-DEY-san
Translations: they feared, they were afraid, they were terrified
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΔΕΙΔΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb, formed from the prefix κατά (kata), meaning 'down' or 'against', and the verb δείδω (deidō), meaning 'to fear'. It describes an action where a group of people experienced fear or terror, often implying a strong or overwhelming sense of dread. It is typically used to describe a past event where individuals or a group became afraid.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Active, 3rd Person Plural
Strong’s number: G2689 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 9 — 6:126
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 9:53
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΔΕΙΔΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΔΕΙΔΩ — to fear greatly, to be terrified
- ΚΑΤΑΔΕΙΣΑΣ — having been greatly afraid, having been terrified, having feared greatly
- ΚΑΤΕΔΕΙ — to fear greatly, to be terrified, to be afraid
- ΚΑΤΕΔΕΙΣΕ — feared, was afraid, was terrified
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