ΚΑΤΑΚΤΑΣ, κατακτας
KATAKTAS, kataktas
Sounds Like: kah-tahk-TAS
Translations: killing, having killed, slaying, having slain
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΚΤΕΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a masculine, singular, nominative, aorist active participle of the verb κατακτείνω (katakteinō), meaning 'to kill' or 'to slay'. As a participle, it describes an action that has been completed in the past relative to the main verb, and it functions adjectivally or adverbially, often translated as 'having killed' or 'the one who killed'. It refers to the agent performing the action of killing.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine, Aorist, Active, Participle
Strong’s number: G2695 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:71
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΚΤΕΙΝΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΚΤΕΙΝΑΙ — to kill, to slay, to murder
- ΚΑΤΑΚΤΕΙΝΑΣ — having killed, having slain, having put to death
- ΚΑΤΑΚΤΕΙΝΩ — to kill, to slay, to put to death
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