ΠΕΡΙΚΑΘΙΣΑΣ, περικαθισας
PERIKATHISAS, perikathisas
Sounds Like: peh-ree-KAH-thee-sas
Translations: surrounding, besieging, sitting around, encamping around
From the root: ΠΕΡΙΚΑΘΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Participle, Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition περί (peri), meaning "around" or "about," and the verb καθίζω (kathizo), meaning "to sit" or "to cause to sit." Therefore, it literally means "to sit around" or "to cause to sit around." In a military context, it is commonly used to describe the act of besieging a city or place, by encamping or sitting around it with an army. It can also refer to simply surrounding something or someone.
Inflection: Aorist Active Participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular
Strong’s number: G4060 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
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.
- ΠΕΡΙΕΚΑΘΗΤΟ — was sitting around, was besieging, was encamping around
- 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
- ΠΕΡΙΚΑΘΙΣΗΣ — you sit around, you besiege, you encamp around
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