ΚΑΤΟΡΘΩΜΑΤΩΝἘΦΘΕΙΡΟΝΤΟ, κατορθωματωνἐφθειροντο
KATORTHŌMATŌNEPHTHEIRONTO, katorthōmatōnephtheironto
Sounds Like: kah-tor-THOH-mah-TON ef-THEY-ron-toh
Translations: of achievements, of successes, they were being destroyed, they were being corrupted, they were being ruined
From the root: ΚΑΤΟΡΘΩΜΑ, ΦΘΕΙΡΩ
Part of Speech: Noun, Verb
Explanation: This appears to be a compound of two words, ΚΑΤΟΡΘΩΜΑΤΩΝ and ἘΦΘΕΙΡΟΝΤΟ, which have been concatenated without a space. ΚΑΤΟΡΘΩΜΑΤΩΝ is the genitive plural of the noun ΚΑΤΟΡΘΩΜΑ, meaning 'a successful deed, achievement, or accomplishment'. ἘΦΘΕΙΡΟΝΤΟ is the third person plural imperfect middle/passive indicative of the verb ΦΘΕΙΡΩ, meaning 'to destroy, corrupt, or ruin'. Therefore, the combined phrase would mean 'of achievements they were being destroyed/corrupted'.
Inflection: ΚΑΤΟΡΘΩΜΑΤΩΝ: Plural, Genitive, Neuter. ἘΦΘΕΙΡΟΝΤΟ: Third Person, Plural, Imperfect, Middle or Passive Voice, Indicative Mood.
Strong’s numbers: G2729 (Lookup on BibleHub), G5351 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Unknown: Yes
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 9:25
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΚΑΤΟΡΘΩΜΑ, ΦΘΕΙΡΩ, appear in our texts.
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