ΚΑΤΕΠΡΗΣΑΝ, κατεπρησαν
KATEPRĒSAN, kateprēsan
Sounds Like: kah-tep-RAY-san
Translations: they burned down, they burned up, they consumed by fire, they set on fire
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΠΡΗΘΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition κατά (kata), meaning 'down' or 'completely', and the verb πρήθω (prēthō), meaning 'to burn'. It describes the action of burning something completely, often implying destruction or consumption by fire. It is typically used in a past tense context to describe an action that was completed.
Inflection: Third Person, Plural, Aorist, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G2618 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 5 — 8:296
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΠΡΗΘΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΠΡΗΘΩ — burn down, consume by fire, set on fire
- ΚΑΤΑΠΡΗΣΑΝΤΩΝ — of burning down, of having burned down, of setting on fire, of having set on fire, of consuming by fire, of having consumed by fire
- ΚΑΤΑΠΡΗΣΘΕΙΣΑΝ — having been burnt down, having been consumed by fire, a burnt down (thing)
- ΚΑΤΑΠΡΗΣΘΗΝΑΙ — to be burned down, to be consumed by fire, to be set on fire
- ΚΑΤΑΠΡΗΣΘΗΣΟΜΕΝΟΝ — to be burned down, to be consumed by fire, to be set on fire
- ΚΑΤΕΠΡΗΣΕΝ — he burned down, it burned down, he set on fire, it set on fire
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