ΚΑΤΑΛΑΜΠΟΝΤΟΣ, καταλαμποντος
KATALAMPONTOS, katalampontos
Sounds Like: kah-tah-LAHM-pon-tos
Translations: shining, shining brightly, illuminating, giving light
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΛΑΜΠΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from 'κατά' (down, against, according to) and 'λάμπω' (to shine). It means to shine brightly, to illuminate, or to give light. It describes something that is actively emitting light or making something else visible through its radiance.
Inflection: Present Participle, Singular, Genitive, Masculine or Neuter, Active Voice
Strong’s number: G2654 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- To the Newly Baptized — 1:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΛΑΜΠΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΕΛΑΜΠΕΤΟ — it was shining brightly, it was illuminated, it was gleaming
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