ΚΑΠΤΕΙΝ, καπτειν
KAPTEIN, kaptein
Sounds Like: KAP-tayn
Translations: to dig, to dig up, to excavate
From the root: ΚΑΠΤΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to dig or excavate. It is often used in contexts of digging up the ground, foundations, or even plants. It can also imply a more destructive action of tearing down or demolishing by digging.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G2806 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 1:12
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΠΤΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΠΤΩ — dig, dig down, demolish, raze, tear down, destroy
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