ΚΑΤΕΣΠΕΥΔΕ, κατεσπευδε
KATESPEUDE, katespeude
Sounds Like: kah-tes-PEV-deh
Translations: hasten, hurry, urge on, press on, be eager, be urgent
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΣΠΕΥΔΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to hasten, hurry, or urge on. It implies a sense of urgency or eagerness in action. It is a compound word formed from the preposition κατά (kata), meaning 'down' or 'intensifying', and the verb σπεύδω (speudō), meaning 'to hurry' or 'to hasten'. Thus, it conveys a strong sense of pressing forward or being urgent.
Inflection: Imperfect, Indicative, Active, Third Person Singular
Strong’s number: G2724 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 17 — 5:123
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΣΠΕΥΔΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΕΥΔΕΙ — he/she/it hastens, he/she/it hurries, he/she/it rushes
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΕΥΔΟΜΕΝΗ — being hastened, being hurried, being rushed, being pressed on
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΕΥΔΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ — being hurried, being rushed, those being hurried, those being rushed
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΕΥΔΟΝΤΑΣ — hastening, rushing, pressing on, urging on, those who are hastening, those who are rushing, those who are pressing on, those who are urging on
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΕΥΔΟΥΣΑ — hastening, speeding up, accelerating, a hastening one, she who hastens
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΕΥΔΩ — to hasten, to hurry, to rush, to press on, to be eager
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΕΥΣΑΙ — to hasten, to hurry, to speed up, to press on
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΕΥΣΑΤΕ — Hurry, hasten, make haste
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΕΥΣΟΝ — hasten, make haste, hurry, speed up
- ΚΑΤΕΣΠΕΥΔΕΝ — he/she/it hurried, he/she/it hastened, he/she/it urged on
- ΚΑΤΕΣΠΕΥΣΑΝ — they hurried, they rushed, they hastened, they urged on
- ΚΑΤΕΣΠΕΥΣΕΝ — hastened, hurried, rushed, made haste
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