ΚΑΤΕΧΡΗΣΑΣΘΕ, κατεχρησασθε
KATECHRĒSASTHE, katechrēsasthe
Sounds Like: kah-tekh-RAY-sah-stheh
Translations: you used, you misused, you abused, you took advantage of
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΧΡΑΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the prefix κατά (kata), meaning 'down' or 'against', and χράομαι (chraomai), meaning 'to use'. The combination often implies using something fully, intensely, or even excessively, leading to meanings like 'to use up', 'to misuse', or 'to abuse'. It describes an action where someone has taken full advantage of something, sometimes in a negative or exploitative way.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Middle Voice, Second Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G2718 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 6:26
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΧΡΑΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΚΕΧΡΗΤΑΙ — is used up, is misused, is abused, is made full use of
- ΚΑΤΑΧΡΑΟΜΑΙ — to make full use of, to use fully, to use to the full, to abuse, to misuse
- ΚΑΤΑΧΡΗΣΑΜΕΝΟΙ — using, having used, abusing, having abused, misusing, having misused
- ΚΑΤΑΧΡΗΣΑΜΕΝΟΝ — having misused, having abused, having made full use of, having used fully
- ΚΑΤΑΧΡΗΣΑΣΘΑΙ — to misuse, to abuse, to make full use of, to use to the full
- ΚΑΤΑΧΡΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will misuse, will abuse, will make full use of, will use up
- ΚΑΤΑΧΡΩΜΕΝΟΙ — using, abusing, making full use of, taking full advantage of
- ΚΑΤΑΧΡΩΜΕΝΟΣ — using, abusing, making full use of, taking advantage of
- ΚΑΤΑΧΡΩΝΤΑΙ — they use, they make full use of, they abuse, they misuse
- ΚΑΤΕΧΡΗΣΑΝΤΟ — they misused, they abused, they made full use of, they used to the full
- ΚΑΤΕΧΡΗΣΑΤΟ — he misused, he abused, he used up, he consumed, he took advantage of
- ΚΑΤΕΧΡΩΝΤΟ — they used, they made full use of, they abused, they misused
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