ΚΑΤΕΒΡΩΘΗΣΑΝ, κατεβρωθησαν
KATEBRŌTHĒSAN, katebrōthēsan
Sounds Like: kah-teh-broh-THEE-san
Translations: they were devoured, they were eaten up, they were consumed
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΒΙΒΡΩΣΚΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition κατά (kata, meaning 'down' or 'completely') and the verb βιβρώσκω (bibrōskō, meaning 'to eat'). It means to be completely eaten, consumed, or devoured. It is often used to describe something being completely destroyed by eating, such as by animals or fire.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Passive, Third Person Plural
Strong’s number: G2719 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΒΙΒΡΩΣΚΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΒΡΩΘΗ — be devoured, be consumed, be eaten up
- ΚΑΤΑΒΡΩΘΗΝΑΙ — to be devoured, to be consumed, to be eaten up
- ΚΑΤΑΒΡΩΘΗΤΩ — let it be devoured, let it be consumed, let it be eaten up
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