ΚΑΤΑΠΡΗΣΑΣ, καταπρησας
KATAPRĒSAS, kataprēsas
Sounds Like: kah-tah-PREE-sas
Translations: having burned down, having set on fire, having consumed by fire
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΠΡΗΣΣΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is an aorist active participle derived from the verb meaning "to burn down" or "to set on fire." It describes an action that has been completed in the past by the subject. As a participle, it functions like an adjective, modifying a noun or pronoun, and can also convey a temporal or causal relationship to the main verb in a sentence. It is a compound word formed from the preposition κατά (kata), meaning "down" or "against," and the verb πρήσσω (prēssō), meaning "to blow" or "to burn."
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular
Strong’s number: G2618 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΠΡΗΣΣΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΠΡΗΣΕΙΝ — to burn down, to consume by fire, to set on fire
- ΚΑΤΑΠΡΗΣΣΩ — to burn down, to burn up, to consume by fire
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