ΚΑΤΕΙΡΩΝΕΥΟΜΕΝΟΙ, κατειρωνευομενοι
KATEIRŌNEUOMENOI, kateirōneuomenoi
Sounds Like: kah-tay-roh-NEH-oo-meh-noy
Translations: mocking, deriding, scoffing at, making fun of
From the root: ΚΑΤΕΙΡΩΝΕΥΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb, formed from the prefix 'κατά' (kata), meaning 'down' or 'against', and 'εἰρωνεύομαι' (eirōneuomai), meaning 'to use irony' or 'to dissemble'. Together, it means to mock, deride, or scoff at someone, often with a sense of looking down on them or using subtle, deceptive irony. It describes an action of making fun of others, often in a condescending or contemptuous way.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Plural
Strong’s number: G2692 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΕΙΡΩΝΕΥΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΕΙΡΩΝΕΥΟΜΑΙ — to mock, to ridicule, to scoff at, to treat with irony
- ΚΑΤΕΙΡΩΝΕΥΟΜΕΝΟΣ — mocking, ridiculing, ironically speaking, making fun of
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