ΚΑΘΗΨΕΝ, καθηψεν
KATHĒPSEN, kathēpsen
Sounds Like: ka-THEEP-sen
Translations: fastened itself upon, attacked, seized, bit
From the root: ΚΑΘΑΠΤΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition κατά (KATA, 'down, against') and the verb ἅπτω (HAPTO, 'to fasten, to touch'). It means to fasten oneself upon something, to seize, or to attack. In the provided context, it describes an animal fastening itself onto a person, often translated as 'bit' or 'attacked'.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Active, 3rd Person Singular
Strong’s number: G2572 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Acts — 28:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΘΑΠΤΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΘΑΠΤΕΣΘΑΙ — to attack, to lay hold of, to fasten upon, to censure, to blame
- ΚΑΘΑΠΤΕΤΑΙ — to attack, to lay hold of, to fasten upon, to seize, to censure, to criticize
- ΚΑΘΑΠΤΟΜΕΝΟΣ — laying hold of, seizing, attacking, assailing, reproaching, rebuking
- ΚΑΘΑΠΤΩ — to fasten upon, to lay hold of, to attack, to seize, to bind
- ΚΑΘΗΠΤΕΤΟ — he was fastening, he was attaching, he was laying hold of, he was assailing, he was reproaching
- ΚΑΘΗΠΤΟΝΤΟ — they attacked, they assailed, they fastened upon, they laid hold of
- ΚΑΘΗΠΤΩ — to fasten upon, to lay hold of, to attack, to seize, to bind
- ΚΑΘΗΨΕ — fastened, bit, seized, took hold of
- ΚΑΘΗΨΟΥΝ — they will fasten upon, they will attach, they will bind, they will apply
- ΚΑΙΘΑΠΤΕΙΝ — to bury, to inter, to fasten upon, to attack
- ΤΟΝΚΑΘΑΠΤΟΜΕΝΟΝ — the one seizing, the one attacking, the one laying hold of, the one clinging to, the one reproaching
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