ΚΑΤΕΚΟΣΜΟΥΝ, κατεκοσμουν
KATEKOSMOUN, katekosmoun
Sounds Like: kah-teh-kos-MOON
Translations: they were adorning, they were decorating, they were arranging, they were setting in order
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΚΟΣΜΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the prefix 'κατά' (kata), meaning 'down' or 'completely', and the verb 'κοσμέω' (kosmeō), meaning 'to arrange, adorn, or decorate'. In this form, it describes an ongoing action in the past, indicating that a group of people were in the process of adorning, decorating, or arranging something thoroughly or completely. It implies a careful and deliberate act of putting things in order or making them beautiful.
Inflection: Imperfect, Indicative, Active, Third Person Plural
Strong’s number: G2689 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 3:36
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΚΟΣΜΕΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΚΕΚΟΣΜΗΤΟ — had been adorned, had been decorated, had been embellished
- ΚΑΤΕΚΟΣΜΗΘΗ — was adorned, was decorated, was embellished, was arrayed
- ΚΑΤΕΚΟΣΜΗΣΑΝ — adorned, decorated, beautified
- ΚΑΤΕΚΟΣΜΗΣΕΝ — he adorned, he decorated, he embellished, he arrayed
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