ΠΥΡΓΩΝΚΑΤΑΡΡΙΨΑΝΤΕΣ, πυργωνκαταρριψαντες
PYRGŌNKATARHRIPSANTES, pyrgōnkatarhripsantes
Sounds Like: poor-GON-kah-tahr-RIP-sahn-tes
Translations: having thrown down towers, those who threw down towers
From the root: ΠΥΡΓΟΣ, ΚΑΤΑΡΡΙΠΤΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This is a compound word formed from 'ΠΥΡΓΩΝ' (towers, genitive plural of 'ΠΥΡΓΟΣ') and 'ΚΑΤΑΡΡΙΨΑΝΤΕΣ' (having thrown down, a participle of 'ΚΑΤΑΡΡΙΠΤΩ'). It describes the action of demolishing or throwing down towers. It functions as a participle, indicating an action completed in the past by the subject.
Inflection: Aorist Active Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Plural
Strong’s numbers: G4444 (Lookup on BibleHub), G2690 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 8:9
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΠΥΡΓΟΣ, ΚΑΤΑΡΡΙΠΤΩ, appear in our texts.
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