ΚΑΤΑΠΡΗΣΑΙ, καταπρησαι
KATAPRĒSAI, kataprēsai
Sounds Like: kah-tah-PREE-sai
Translations: to burn down, to set on fire, to consume by fire
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΠΙΜΠΡΗΜΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is an aorist active infinitive of the verb 'καταπίμπρημι', meaning 'to burn down' or 'to set on fire'. It describes the action of completely destroying something by fire. It is often used in contexts of destruction or devastation, such as burning down buildings or cities. As an infinitive, it functions like a verbal noun, often used after verbs like 'to command' or 'to intend'.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G2618 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 10 — 8:144
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 3:11
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΠΙΜΠΡΗΜΙ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΠΕΠΡΗΣΜΕΝΑΣ — burned down, consumed by fire, utterly destroyed by fire
- ΚΑΤΑΠΙΜΠΡΑΜΕΝΗΝ — burned down, consumed by fire, utterly burned, completely burned
- ΚΑΤΑΠΙΜΠΡΗΣΙΝ — burning down, a burning down, destruction by fire
- ΚΑΤΑΠΙΜΠΡΩΣΙ — to burn down, to consume by fire, to set on fire
- ΚΑΤΕΠΡΗΣΘΗ — it was burned down, it was consumed by fire, it was set on fire
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