ΚΑΤΕΠΕΙΓΕΙΝ, κατεπειγειν
KATEPEIGEIN, katepeigein
Sounds Like: kah-tep-EE-gayn
Translations: to be urgent, to press hard, to be necessary, to be pressing, to be imperative
From the root: ΚΑΤΕΠΕΙΓΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition ΚΑΤΑ (KATA), meaning 'down' or 'against', and the verb ΕΠΕΙΓΩ (EPEIGO), meaning 'to hasten' or 'to urge'. Together, it means to be urgent, to press hard, or to be necessary. It describes a situation or action that requires immediate attention or is of great importance, often implying a sense of urgency or compulsion. It can be used impersonally, meaning 'it is urgent' or 'it is necessary'.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G2756 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 15 — 5:151
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΕΠΕΙΓΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΕΠΕΙΓΕΙ — it urges, it presses, it is urgent, it is pressing, it is necessary, it is important
- ΚΑΤΕΠΕΙΓΟΙ — it is urgent, it presses, it hastens, it is necessary
- ΚΑΤΕΠΕΙΓΟΝΤΟΣ — urgent, pressing, necessary, of urgency, of necessity
- ΚΑΤΕΠΕΙΓΟΥΣΗΣ — urgent, pressing, a pressing, an urgent
- ΚΑΤΕΠΕΙΓΩ — to press, to urge, to compel, to hasten, to be urgent, to be in a hurry
- ΚΑΤΕΠΕΙΓΩΝ — urgent, pressing, compelling, hastening, being urgent, being pressing, being compelling, being hastened
- ΚΑΤΗΠΕΙΓΕΝ — was urging, was pressing, was hastening, was compelling
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