ἸΟΥΔΑΙΟΥΣΚΑΤΕΣΧΕΝ, ἰουδαιουσκατεσχεν
IOUDAIOUSKATESCHEN, ioudaiouskateschen
Sounds Like: ee-oo-DAH-ee-oos-kah-TES-khen
Translations: Jews, Judeans, held, restrained, seized, possessed, occupied
From the root: ἸΟΥΔΑΙΟΣ, ΚΑΤΕΧΩ
Part of Speech: Noun, Verb
Explanation: This is a compound word formed by 'ἸΟΥΔΑΙΟΥΣ' (Ioudaious) and 'ΚΑΤΕΣΧΕΝ' (kateschen). 'ἸΟΥΔΑΙΟΥΣ' refers to 'Jews' or 'Judeans' and is in the accusative plural case, meaning it functions as the direct object of a verb. 'ΚΑΤΕΣΧΕΝ' is the aorist active indicative third person singular form of the verb 'ΚΑΤΕΧΩ', meaning 'to hold down, restrain, seize, possess, or occupy'. Therefore, the combined word describes an action where someone or something 'held down', 'restrained', or 'seized' the 'Jews' or 'Judeans'.
Inflection: ἸΟΥΔΑΙΟΥΣ: Accusative, Plural, Masculine. ΚΑΤΕΣΧΕΝ: Aorist, Active, Indicative, Third Person Singular.
Strong’s numbers: G2453 (Lookup on BibleHub), G2722 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 7:16
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ἸΟΥΔΑΙΟΣ, ΚΑΤΕΧΩ, appear in our texts.
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