ΚΑΤΟΧΕΥΣΕΙΣ, κατοχευσεις
KATOCHEUSEIS, katocheuseis
Sounds Like: kah-toh-khew-SEIS
Translations: you shall not mate, you shall not yoke together, you shall not breed
From the root: ΟΧΕΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the prefix 'κατα-' (kata-), meaning 'down' or 'against', and the verb 'ὀχεύω' (ocheuō), meaning 'to mount' or 'to mate'. In this context, it refers to the act of mating or breeding animals, specifically preventing the mating of different kinds of animals or yoking them together. It implies a prohibition against mixing species or types.
Inflection: Future Indicative, Second Person Singular
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Leviticus — 19:19
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟΧΕΥΩ.
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.
- ΟΧΕΥ — to be pregnant, to be with young, to give birth, to bring forth, to be in labor, to be delivered
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