ΠΑΡΑΚΡΟΤΕΙΣΘΑΙ, παρακροτεισθαι
PARAKROTEISTHAI, parakroteisthai
Sounds Like: pa-ra-kro-TEH-sthai
Translations: to strike, to clap, to applaud, to beat, to cause to strike, to cause to clap, to cause to applaud, to cause to beat
From the root: ΚΡΟΤΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition παρά (para), meaning 'beside, alongside, by, from', and the verb κροτέω (kroteō), meaning 'to strike, to clap, to beat'. The compound verb παρακροτέω means to strike alongside, to cause to strike, or to cause to clap. In the middle/passive voice, as seen here, it implies an action done to oneself or for oneself, or simply a passive action. It can mean to be struck, to be clapped, or to be applauded. The specific nuance depends on the context.
Inflection: Present, Middle or Passive, Infinitive
Strong’s numbers: G3844 (Lookup on BibleHub), G2807 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 10:23
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΡΟΤΕΩ.
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.
- ἘΚΡΟΤΗΣΑΝ — they clapped, they struck, they beat
- ἘΚΡΟΤΗΣΕΝ — he clapped, she clapped, it clapped, he struck, she struck, it struck, he made a noise, she made a noise, it made a noise
- ΕΚΡΟΤΗΣΑΝ — they clapped, they applauded, they made a noise, they struck
- ΚΡΟΤΕ — strike, clap, knock, beat, applaud
- ΚΡΟΤΕΩ — to clap, to strike, to knock, to beat
- ΚΡΟΤΗΣΑΤΕ — clap!, strike!, beat!
- ΚΡΟΤΗΣΕΙ — will clap, will strike, will knock
- ΚΡΟΤΗΣΟΝ — clap, strike, beat
- ΚΡΟΤΗΣΟΥΣΙΝ — they will clap, they will strike, they will knock
- ΚΡΟΤΗΣΩ — I will clap, I will strike, I will beat
- ΚΡΟΤΟΥΝΤΟΣ — clapping, striking, knocking, rattling, making a noise
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