ΚΑΤΕΣΕΙΟΝ, κατεσειον
KATESEION, kateseion
Sounds Like: kah-teh-SEH-ee-on
Translations: they were shaking, they were waving, they were motioning
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΣΕΙΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the imperfect active indicative, third person plural form of the verb κατασείω (kataseiō). It describes an action of shaking, waving, or motioning that was ongoing or repeated in the past. It implies a downward or emphatic motion, often used to signal or command attention, such as waving a hand to silence a crowd or motioning for someone to approach.
Inflection: Imperfect, Active, Indicative, Third Person Plural
Strong’s number: G2679 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 14 — 16:473
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΣΕΙΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΣΕΙΕΤΑΙ — is shaken, is swayed, is agitated, is moved
- ΚΑΤΑΣΕΙΟΝΤΕΣ — shaking, waving, motioning, beckoning
- ΚΑΤΑΣΕΙΣΑΝΤΟΣ — having shaken, having waved, having motioned
- ΚΑΤΑΣΕΙΣΑΣ — having motioned, having waved, having shaken, having shaken down
- ΚΑΤΑΣΕΙΣΘΗΝΑΙ — to shake violently, to be shaken violently, to be agitated, to be stirred up
- ΚΑΤΑΣΕΙΩ — to shake, to wave, to motion, to beckon, to make a sign
- ΚΑΤΑΣΕΙΩΝ — shaking, waving, motioning, beckoning
- ΚΑΤΑΣΗΣΑΙ — to shake down, to scatter, to strew, to sift
- ΚΑΤΕΣΕ — shook, caused to fall, caused to collapse, caused to shake, caused to be overthrown
- ΚΑΤΕΣΕΙΕ — shook down, overthrew, caused to fall, demolished
- ΚΑΤΕΣΕΙΕΝ — he waved, he shook, he motioned, he beckoned
- ΚΑΤΕΣΕΙΣΕΝ — he shook, he waved, he motioned, he signaled
- ΚΑΤΕΣΕΙΣΘΗ — was shaken down, was overthrown, was made to fall, was made to collapse
- ΚΑΤΕΣΕΙΩ — to wave, to make a sign, to beckon, to shake down, to shake violently
- ΚΑΤΕΣΗΣΑΝ — they shook, they waved, they motioned, they beckoned
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