ΧΑΡΑΧΘΗΝΑΙ, χαραχθηναι
CHARACHTHĒNAI, charachthēnai
Sounds Like: kha-rakh-THE-nai
Translations: to be engraved, to be inscribed, to be written
From the root: ΧΑΡΑΣΣΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the aorist passive infinitive form of the verb 'charassō', meaning 'to engrave' or 'to inscribe'. As an infinitive, it functions like a verbal noun, often translated with 'to be' followed by the past participle. It indicates an action that is completed or viewed as a whole, and the subject of the action is receiving the action (passive voice). It can be used in various constructions where the act of engraving or inscribing is the focus.
Inflection: Aorist, Passive, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G5480 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 11:6
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΧΑΡΑΣΣΩ.
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.
- ἘΧΑΡΑΞΑ — I engraved, I inscribed, I wrote, I drew, I marked
- ἘΧΑΡΑΞΑΝ — they engraved, they inscribed, they wrote, they marked, they scratched
- ἘΧΑΡΑΞΕΝ — engraved, inscribed, marked, cut, sharpened
- ΕΧΑΡΑΞΑ — I engraved, I inscribed, I wrote, I marked, I cut
- ΚΕΧΑΡΑΓΜΕΝΑΣ — engraved, inscribed, carved, marked
- ΧΑΡΑΞΑΣ — having engraved, having inscribed, having carved, having written, engraving, inscribing, carving, writing
- ΧΑΡΑΣΣΕΣΘΑΙ — to be engraved, to be inscribed, to be marked, to be cut
- ΧΑΡΑΣΣΩ — to engrave, to carve, to cut, to sharpen, to make sharp, to make pointed
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