ΚΑΤΑΒΡΩΘΗΝΑΙ, καταβρωθηναι
KATABRŌTHĒNAI, katabrōthēnai
Sounds Like: kah-tah-broh-THEE-nai
Translations: to be devoured, to be consumed, to be eaten up
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΒΙΒΡΩΣΚΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the aorist passive infinitive form of the verb 'καταβιβρώσκω', meaning 'to devour' or 'to consume'. It is a compound word formed from 'κατά' (down, against) and 'βιβρώσκω' (to eat). As an infinitive, it functions like a verbal noun, often translated with 'to be' followed by the past participle, indicating the action of being completely eaten or consumed.
Inflection: Aorist, Passive, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G2719 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Ezekiel — 39:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΒΙΒΡΩΣΚΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΒΡΩΘΗ — be devoured, be consumed, be eaten up
- ΚΑΤΑΒΡΩΘΗΤΩ — let it be devoured, let it be consumed, let it be eaten up
- ΚΑΤΕΒΡΩΘΗΣΑΝ — they were devoured, they were eaten up, they were consumed
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