ΚΡΕΟΥΡΓΗΣΑΣΙΝ, κρεουργησασιν
KREOURGĒSASIN, kreourgēsasin
Sounds Like: kreh-oor-GAY-sah-sin
Translations: to those who butchered, to those who slaughtered, to those who cut up meat
From the root: ΚΡΕΟΥΡΓΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is the dative plural aorist active participle of the verb κρεουργέω (kreourgeō), meaning 'to butcher' or 'to cut up meat'. As a participle, it functions like an adjective or noun, describing the action of 'butchering' or 'slaughtering'. In this dative plural form, it refers to 'those who butchered' or 'those who slaughtered'. It is a compound word formed from κρέας (kreas, 'meat') and ἔργον (ergon, 'work') or a derivative of ἐργάζομαι (ergazomai, 'to work').
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Participle, Dative, Plural, All genders
Strong’s number: G2909 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 19 — 1:123
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΡΕΟΥΡΓΕΩ.
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- ΚΡΕΟΥΡΓΕΩ — to cut up meat, to butcher, to carve
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