ΚΑΤΕΦΗΣΕΝ, κατεφησεν
KATEPHĒSEN, katephēsen
Sounds Like: kah-teh-FEE-sen
Translations: he declared, he affirmed, he said, he spoke
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΦΗΜΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a verb in the aorist active indicative, third person singular. It means 'he declared' or 'he affirmed'. It is a compound verb formed from the preposition κατά (kata), meaning 'down' or 'against' (but here intensifying), and the verb φημί (phēmi), meaning 'to say' or 'to declare'. In this form, it indicates a completed action in the past by a single male or unspecified subject.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Indicative, Third Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G2676 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 8:17
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΦΗΜΙ.
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- ΚΑΤΑΦΗΜΙ — to speak against, to denounce, to accuse
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