ΚΑΤΕΔΥΣΑΝ, κατεδυσαν
KATEDYSAN, katedysan
Sounds Like: kah-teh-DY-san
Translations: they sank, they went down, they plunged, they submerged
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΔΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition κατά (kata, meaning 'down' or 'against') and the verb δύω (dyō, meaning 'to enter' or 'to sink'). It means to sink, go down, or plunge, often implying a complete submersion. It is used to describe something or someone going beneath the surface, such as into water.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person Plural
Strong’s number: G2602 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΔΥΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΔΥΕΤΑΙ — sinks, goes down, sets, plunges, dives
- ΚΑΤΑΔΥΝΑΙ — to sink, to go down, to be submerged, to be overwhelmed
- ΚΑΤΑΔΥΟΜΕΝΑΣ — sinking, going down, submerging, being submerged
- ΚΑΤΑΔΥΣΕΙ — will sink, will plunge, will submerge, will go down, will descend
- ΚΑΤΑΔΥΣΕΤΑΙ — will sink, will go down, will be submerged, will be overwhelmed
- ΚΑΤΑΔΥΣΩΣΙΝ — they sink, they plunge, they go down, they descend
- ΚΑΤΑΔΥΩ — sink, go down, set
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