ΚΑΤΙΔΕΙΝ, κατιδειν
KATIDEIN, katidein
Sounds Like: kah-tee-DEIN
Translations: to look down, to behold, to perceive, to discern, to observe
From the root: ΚΑΘΟΡΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is an aorist infinitive of the verb 'καθοράω' (kathoraō), meaning 'to look down upon' or 'to behold'. It implies a careful or thorough observation, often with the sense of perceiving or understanding something fully. It can be used in sentences where one is describing the act of seeing something from a higher vantage point, or discerning a truth.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s numbers: G2596 (Lookup on BibleHub), G3708 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 15 — 11:412
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 7:27
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 2:4
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Exodus — 10:5
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΘΟΡΑΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΘΕΩΡΑ — he saw, he perceived, he observed, he looked down
- ΚΑΘΕΩΡΑΚΟΤΑΣ — having seen, having perceived, having observed, those who have seen, those who have perceived, those who have observed
- ΚΑΘΕΩΡΩΝ — they were seeing clearly, they were perceiving, they were beholding
- ΚΑΘΙΔΕ — look down, behold, see, consider
- ΚΑΘΟΡΑ — see, behold, perceive, discern, observe
- ΚΑΘΟΡΑΝ — to see clearly, to perceive, to discern, to behold
- ΚΑΘΟΡΑΣ — you see, you look, you behold, you perceive
- ΚΑΘΟΡΑΤΑΙ — is clearly seen, is perceived, is observed, is understood
- ΚΑΘΟΡΑΤΕ — you see, you perceive, you discern, you understand
- ΚΑΘΟΡΑΩ — to see clearly, to perceive, to discern, to understand, to behold
- ΚΑΘΟΡΩΜΕΝΟΙ — seen, clearly seen, observed, perceived
- ΚΑΘΟΡΩΜΕΝΟΥΣ — seen, perceived, observed, beheld
- ΚΑΘΟΡΩΝ — seeing, beholding, observing, perceiving, discerning, looking down upon
- ΚΑΤΕΙΔΕ — he saw, he perceived, he observed, he beheld, he looked down upon
- ΚΑΤΕΙΔΟΝ — I saw, I perceived, I observed, I discerned
- ΚΑΤΙΔΕ — look down, behold, see, consider, perceive
- ΚΑΤΙΔΟΙΕΝ — they might see, they might perceive, they might behold, they might discern
- ΚΑΤΙΔΟΝΤΕΣ — having seen, having perceived, having beheld, having observed, having looked down upon
- ΚΑΤΙΔΩΝ — having seen, having looked down, having observed, having perceived, having discerned
- ΚΑΤΙΔΩΝΤΟ — they saw, they looked down, they perceived, they observed
- ΚΑΤΟΨΕΣΘΑΙ — to look down, to look down upon, to look at, to behold, to observe, to see
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