ΚΑΤΑΣΚΑΦΑΙ, κατασκαφαι
KATASKAPHAI, kataskaphai
Sounds Like: kah-tah-skah-FAH-ee
Translations: destructions, demolitions, overthrows, ruins
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΣΚΑΦΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to acts of tearing down, demolishing, or laying waste to something, often cities or buildings. It implies a complete destruction or overthrow, leading to a state of ruin. It is typically used in contexts of war or severe judgment.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Vocative or Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G2692 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 18 — 1:8
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΣΚΑΦΗ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΣΚΑΦΑΙΣ — (to) destructions, (to) demolitions, (to) overthrows
- ΚΑΤΑΣΚΑΦΑΣ — demolitions, overthrows, ruins, destructions
- ΚΑΤΑΣΚΑΦΗ — demolition, destruction, overthrow, razing, tearing down
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