ΠΕΡΙΕΚΑΘΗΤΟ, περιεκαθητο
PERIEKATHĒTO, periekathēto
Sounds Like: peh-ree-eh-KAH-thay-toh
Translations: was sitting around, was besieging, was encamping around
From the root: ΠΕΡΙΚΑΘΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition περί (peri, 'around') and the verb καθίζω (kathizō, 'to sit down, to cause to sit'). In the imperfect middle/passive voice, it means 'was sitting around' or 'was encamping around'. It can also carry the sense of 'to besiege' when referring to an army sitting around a city.
Inflection: Third Person, Singular, Imperfect, Indicative, Middle or Passive Voice
Strong’s number: G4060 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Kings — 15:27
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΡΙΚΑΘΙΖΩ.
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.
- ΠΕΡΙΕΚΑΘΙΣΕΝ — besieged, surrounded, sat around
- ΠΕΡΙΚΑΘΕΖΟΜΕΝΟΙ — sitting around, besieging, blockading, encamping around
- ΠΕΡΙΚΑΘΙΕΙΣ — you will besiege, you will sit around, you will encamp around
- ΠΕΡΙΚΑΘΙΖΩ — to sit around, to besiege, to encompass
- ΠΕΡΙΚΑΘΙΣΑΙ — to sit around, to besiege, to encamp around
- ΠΕΡΙΚΑΘΙΣΑΣ — surrounding, besieging, sitting around, encamping around
- ΠΕΡΙΚΑΘΙΣΗΣ — you sit around, you besiege, you encamp around
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