ΚΑΤΕΡΡΑΞΑΝ, κατερραξαν
KATERHRAXAN, katerhraxan
Sounds Like: kah-ter-RAX-an
Translations: they broke down, they shattered, they tore down, they dashed down
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΡΡΑΣΣΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the third person plural aorist active indicative form of the verb καταρράσσω (katarrassō). It is a compound verb formed from the preposition κατά (kata), meaning 'down' or 'against', and the verb ῥάσσω (rhassō), meaning 'to strike' or 'to dash'. Therefore, it means 'to break down completely', 'to shatter', or 'to tear down with force'. It describes an action completed in the past by a group of people, indicating a forceful and destructive act.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person Plural
Strong’s number: G2692 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Psalms — 73:6
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Psalms — 73:6
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΡΡΑΣΣΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΕΡΡΑΞΑΣ — you broke, you shattered, you dashed down, you threw down, you cast down
- ΚΑΤΕΡΡΑΞΕΝ — he broke, he shattered, he tore down, he broke in pieces, he burst
- ΚΑΤΕΡΡΑΧΘΗ — was broken, was shattered, was dashed down, was thrown down, was overthrown
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