ΠΡΟΚΑΤΑΠΙΟΥΣΙ, προκαταπιουσι
PROKATAPIOUSI, prokatapiousi
Sounds Like: pro-ka-tah-pee-OO-see
Translations: swallowing beforehand, having swallowed beforehand, having devoured beforehand
From the root: ΠΡΟΚΑΤΑΠΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the prefixes πρό (pro, 'before') and κατά (kata, 'down' or 'completely') and the verb πίνω (pino, 'to drink' or 'to swallow'). It means to swallow or devour something completely or beforehand. It implies a rapid or preemptive consumption.
Inflection: Aorist Active Participle, Dative Plural, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G4278 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 10:15
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΚΑΤΑΠΙΝΩ.
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- ΠΡΟΚΑΤΑΠΙΝΩ — swallow down, devour, engulf
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