ΚΑΤΕΡΡΙΨΑΝ, κατερριψαν
KATERHRIPSAN, katerhripsan
Sounds Like: kah-ter-RIP-san
Translations: they threw down, they cast down, they overthrew, they demolished
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΡΙΠΤΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from κατά (down) and ῥίπτω (to throw). It means to throw down, cast down, or overthrow. It is used to describe the act of causing something to fall from a higher position, or to demolish or destroy something by throwing it down.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Indicative, Third Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G2690 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 18:28
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΡΙΠΤΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΡΙΠΤΟΜΕΝΩΝ — falling down, being thrown down, being cast down, being overthrown
- ΚΑΤΑΡΙΠΤΩ — to throw down, to cast down, to overthrow, to demolish
- ΚΑΤΕΡΙΨΕΝ — he threw down, he cast down, he overthrew, he demolished
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