ΚΑΤΑΚΤΕΙΝΑΙ, κατακτειναι
KATAKTEINAI, katakteinai
Sounds Like: kah-tahk-TEI-nai
Translations: to kill, to slay, to murder
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΚΤΕΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb meaning 'to kill' or 'to slay'. It is formed from the preposition 'κατά' (kata), meaning 'down' or 'against', and the verb 'κτείνω' (kteinō), meaning 'to kill'. The prefix intensifies the action, emphasizing the complete destruction or killing. It is used to describe the act of taking a life.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G2695 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 4 Maccabees — 12:11
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΚΤΑΣ — killing, having killed, slaying, having slain
- ΚΑΤΑΚΤΕΙΝΑΣ — having killed, having slain, having put to death
- ΚΑΤΑΚΤΕΙΝΩ — to kill, to slay, to put to death
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