ΚΑΤΕΙΠΕΙΝ, κατειπειν
KATEIPEIN, kateipein
Sounds Like: kah-teh-PEIN
Translations: to speak against, to accuse, to declare, to say, to tell
From the root: ΚΑΤΕΡΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition κατά (kata, 'down, against') and the verb εἶπον (eipo, 'to say, to speak'). It means to speak against someone, hence to accuse, or to declare something definitively. It can also simply mean to say or tell, especially in a formal or public context.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G2710 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Justin Martyr
- Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:12
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΕΡΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΕΙΠΟΥΣΗΣ — (of) having spoken, (of) having told, (of) having declared, (of) having reported
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