ΚΑΤΟΙΚΤΕΙΡΑΙ, κατοικτειραι
KATOIKTEIRAI, katoikteirai
Sounds Like: kah-toyk-TAY-rah
Translations: to have compassion, to pity, to feel pity, to show mercy
From the root: ΚΑΤΟΙΚΤΕΙΡΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to have compassion or to pity someone. It describes the act of feeling deep sympathy or sorrow for the suffering or misfortune of others, often leading to a desire to help. It can be used in various contexts to express mercy or tenderheartedness.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G2793 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Martyrdom of Polycarp — 3:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΟΙΚΤΕΙΡΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΟΙΚΤΕΙΡΑΝΤΟΣ — having had compassion, having pitied, of having had compassion, of having pitied
- ΚΑΤΟΙΚΤΕΙΡΗΣΑΣ — having had compassion, having pitied, having felt pity
- ΚΑΤΩΚΤΕΙΡΑΝ — they pitied, they had compassion on
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