ΚΑΤΕΣΠΑΣΕΝ, κατεσπασεν
KATESPASEN, katespasen
Sounds Like: kah-tes-PAH-sen
Translations: tore down, pulled down, demolished, threw down, cast down
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΣΠΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition κατά (kata), meaning 'down' or 'against', and the verb σπάω (spaō), meaning 'to draw' or 'to pull'. Together, it means to pull down, tear down, or demolish something, often with force or violence. It describes the action of bringing something from an upright or intact state to a ruined or fallen one.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person Singular
Strong’s number: G2706 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Kings — 11:18, 21:3, 23:12, 23:15
- 2 Chronicles — 25:23, 26:6, 33:3, 34:4, 34:7
- Psalms of Solomon — 2:20
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 14:28
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΣΠΑΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΑΝ — to draw down, to pull down, to tear down, to demolish, to drag down
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΑΣΑΙ — to pull down, to tear down, to demolish, to throw down
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΑΣΑΜΕΝΗ — having drawn down, having pulled down, having torn down, having dragged down
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΑΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having drawn down, having pulled down, having dragged down, having embraced, having kissed
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΑΣΑΝΤΕΣ — having torn down, having pulled down, having dragged down, having drawn down
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΑΣΑΣ — having drawn down, having pulled down, having torn down, having dragged down
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΑΣΑΣΘΑΙ — to draw down, to pull down, to tear down, to demolish
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΑΣΟΝ — pull down, tear down, demolish, draw down, drag down
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΑΣΩ — I will pull down, I will tear down, I will demolish, I will destroy
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΑΩ — to pull down, to tear down, to drag down, to demolish
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΩ — to pull down, to tear down, to demolish, to overthrow, to drag down, to draw down
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΩΝΤΕΣ — pulling down, tearing down, demolishing, overthrowing
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΩΣΙ — they pull down, they tear down, they drag down, they pull apart, they tear apart
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΩΤΕΣ — to draw down, to pull down, to tear down, to demolish, to destroy
- ΚΑΤΕΣΠΑ — pulled down, tore down, cast down, threw down, drew down
- ΚΑΤΕΣΠΑΣΑ — I pulled down, I tore down, I demolished, I drew down
- ΚΑΤΕΣΠΑΣΑΝ — pulled down, tore down, demolished, threw down
- ΚΑΤΕΣΠΑΣΘΗ — was torn down, was pulled down, was dragged down, was overthrown
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