ΚΑΤΕΠΤΗΧΕΝΑΙ, κατεπτηχεναι
KATEPTĒCHENAI, kateptēchenai
Sounds Like: kah-tep-TEE-kheh-nai
Translations: to be terrified, to be scared, to be frightened, to shrink back, to cower
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΠΤΗΣΣΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the perfect active infinitive form of the verb 'καταπτήσσω' (kataptēsso). It describes the state of having been terrified or having shrunk back in fear. It implies a lasting state of fear or intimidation. It can be used in a sentence to express that someone has become or is in a state of being utterly terrified or cowering.
Inflection: Perfect, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G2720 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 20:10
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΠΤΗΣΣΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΠΤΗΚΕΝ — has cowered, has shrunk back, has been terrified
- ΚΑΤΑΠΤΗΞ — to shrink from, to cower, to be afraid, to be terrified, to be intimidated
- ΚΑΤΑΠΤΗΞΕΙ — will shrink back, will cower, will be terrified
- ΚΑΤΑΠΤΗΣΣΕΙ — to crouch, to cower, to shrink back, to be afraid, to be terrified
- ΚΑΤΑΠΤΗΣΣΟΝΤΕΣ — cowering, shrinking, being terrified, being scared
- ΚΑΤΑΠΤΗΣΣΩ — to cower, to shrink back, to be terrified, to be afraid
- ΚΑΤΕΠΤΗΚΕΝ — has been terrified, has been dismayed, has shrunk back, has cowered
- ΚΑΤΕΠΤΗΧΟΤΩΝ — of having been terrified, of having been cowered, of having been frightened, of having been scared
- ΤΟΚΑΤΑΠΤΗΣΣΕΙΝ — the cowering, the shrinking, the being terrified, the being disheartened
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