ΚΑΤΕΚΕΡΤΟΜΟΥΝ, κατεκερτομουν
KATEKERTOMOUN, katekertomoun
Sounds Like: kah-teh-ker-TO-moon
Translations: mocked, ridiculed, derided, taunted
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΚΕΡΤΟΜΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the prefix 'κατά' (kata), meaning 'down' or 'against' and intensifying the action, and the verb 'κερτομέω' (kertzomeō), meaning 'to mock' or 'to taunt'. The word describes the act of mocking, ridiculing, or deriding someone, often with contempt or scorn. It implies a strong, often aggressive, form of verbal abuse or insult.
Inflection: Imperfect Indicative, Active Voice, Third Person Plural
Strong’s number: G2602 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 62:323
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΚΕΡΤΟΜΕΩ.
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- ΚΑΤΑΚΕΡΤΟΜΕΩ — to mock, to ridicule, to deride, to scoff at
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