ΚΑΤΕΧΡΥΣΩΣΕΝ, κατεχρυσωσεν
KATECHRYSŌSEN, katechrysōsen
Sounds Like: kah-tekh-ry-SO-sen
Translations: he overlaid with gold, he gilded, he covered with gold
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΧΡΥΣΟΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition κατά (kata, meaning 'down' or 'completely') and the verb χρυσόω (chrysoo, meaning 'to gild' or 'to make golden'). It means to completely overlay or cover something with gold, or to gild it thoroughly. It is used to describe the act of adorning an object or structure by applying a layer of gold to its surface.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Active, Third Person Singular
Strong’s number: G2728 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΧΡΥΣΟΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΚΕΧΡΥΣΩΜΕΝΟΥΣ — gilded, overlaid with gold, covered with gold
- ΚΑΤΑΧΡΥΣΟΩ — to gild, to overlay with gold, to adorn with gold
- ΚΑΤΑΧΡΥΣΩΣΕΙΣ — you shall overlay, you will overlay, you will gild, you shall gild
- ΚΑΤΕΧΡΥΣΩΣΑΝ — they overlaid with gold, they gilded, they covered with gold
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