ΚΑΤΑΠΡΗΣΕΙΝ, καταπρησειν
KATAPRĒSEIN, kataprēsein
Sounds Like: kah-tah-PREH-seen
Translations: to burn down, to consume by fire, to set on fire
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΠΡΗΣΣΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to burn something completely, often implying destruction or consumption by fire. It is a compound verb formed from 'κατά' (down, completely) and 'πρήσσω' (to burn). It describes the act of setting something ablaze with the intention of destroying it.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G2618 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 66:370
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΠΡΗΣΑΣ — having burned down, having set on fire, having consumed by fire
- ΚΑΤΑΠΡΗΣΣΩ — to burn down, to burn up, to consume by fire
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