ΚΑΤΕΦΘΕΙΡΟΝΤΟ, κατεφθειροντο
KATEPHTHEIRONTO, katephtheironto
Sounds Like: kah-tef-THEI-ron-toh
Translations: they were being destroyed, they were being corrupted, they were being ruined, they were being wasted
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΦΘΕΙΡΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the prefix κατά (kata), meaning 'down' or 'completely,' and the verb φθείρω (phtheiro), meaning 'to corrupt' or 'to destroy.' Therefore, καταφθείρω means 'to utterly destroy,' 'to corrupt completely,' or 'to ruin.' The form ΚΑΤΕΦΘΕΙΡΟΝΤΟ indicates an ongoing action in the past, where the subjects were in the process of being destroyed or corrupted.
Inflection: Imperfect, Indicative, Middle/Passive, Third Person Plural
Strong’s number: G2704 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 19:37
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΦΘΕΙΡΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΦΘΑΡΗΝΑΙ — to be corrupted, to be destroyed, to be ruined, to be wasted, to be defiled
- ΚΑΤΑΦΘΑΡΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will be utterly destroyed, will be corrupted, will be ruined, will be wasted away
- ΚΑΤΑΦΘΑΡΗΣΗ — you will be utterly corrupted, you will be utterly destroyed, you will be utterly ruined
- ΚΑΤΑΦΘΑΡΗΣΟΝΤΑΙ — will be destroyed, will be corrupted, will be ruined, will perish
- ΚΑΤΑΦΘΕΙΡΑΙ — to destroy, to corrupt, to ruin, to spoil, to lay waste, to waste away
- ΚΑΤΑΦΘΕΙΡΑΤΕ — destroy, corrupt, ruin, spoil, utterly destroy
- ΚΑΤΑΦΘΕΙΡΕ — destroy, corrupt, ruin, waste away, spoil, consume
- ΚΑΤΑΦΘΕΙΡΕΙ — corrupts, destroys, ruins, wastes, spoils, perishes
- ΚΑΤΑΦΘΕΙΡΕΤΑΙ — is corrupted, is destroyed, is ruined, is wasted, is worn out, is consumed
- ΚΑΤΑΦΘΕΙΡΗ — destroy, corrupt, ruin, spoil, lay waste
- ΚΑΤΑΦΘΕΙΡΟΜΕΝΗΝ — being destroyed, being corrupted, being ruined, a being destroyed one
- ΚΑΤΑΦΘΕΙΡΟΜΕΝΟΝ — being corrupted, being destroyed, being ruined, being wasted, being consumed
- ΚΑΤΑΦΘΕΙΡΟΜΕΝΩΝ — of those being corrupted, of those being destroyed, of those being ruined, of those being wasted
- ΚΑΤΑΦΘΕΙΡΟΝ — destroying, corrupting, ruining, wasting away, devastating, laying waste
- ΚΑΤΑΦΘΕΙΡΟΝΤΑΙ — they are corrupted, they are destroyed, they are ruined, they are wasted, they are spoiled
- ΚΑΤΑΦΘΕΙΡΟΝΤΟΣ — destroying, corrupting, wasting away, ruining, consuming, making desolate, of destroying
- ΚΑΤΑΦΘΕΙΡΩ — corrupt, destroy, ruin, waste, spoil, utterly destroy
- ΚΑΤΑΦΘΙΡΕ — to corrupt, to destroy, to ruin, to spoil, to deprave, to waste away
- ΚΑΤΑΦΘΙΡΙ — to corrupt, to destroy, to ruin, to spoil, to waste, to decay
- ΚΑΤΑΦΘΙΡΟΝ — corrupting, destroying, ruining, wasting, decaying, consuming
- ΚΑΤΕΦΘΑΡΗΣ — you were corrupted, you were destroyed, you were ruined, you were depraved
- ΚΑΤΕΦΘΑΡΗΣΑΝ — they were destroyed, they were ruined, they were corrupted, they were wasted
- ΚΑΤΕΦΘΑΡΘΑΙ — to be corrupted, to be destroyed, to be ruined, to be depraved
- ΚΑΤΕΦΘΑΡΚΑΤΕ — you have corrupted, you have destroyed, you have ruined, you have spoiled
- ΚΑΤΕΦΘΑΡΚΟΤΑΣ — corrupted, destroyed, ruined, wasted, utterly corrupted, utterly destroyed
- ΚΑΤΕΦΘΑΡΜΕΝΑ — corrupted, ruined, destroyed, spoiled, things corrupted, things ruined, things destroyed, things spoiled
- ΚΑΤΕΦΘΑΡΜΕΝΗ — corrupted, ruined, destroyed, depraved, a corrupted (one)
- ΚΑΤΕΦΘΑΡΜΕΝΗΝ — corrupted, destroyed, ruined, spoiled, a corrupted (one), a destroyed (one), a ruined (one), a spoiled (one)
- ΚΑΤΕΦΘΑΡΜΕΝΟΙ — corrupted, depraved, ruined, destroyed, utterly corrupted, utterly destroyed
- ΚΑΤΕΦΘΑΡΜΕΝΩΝ — of corrupted, of destroyed, of ruined, of depraved
- ΚΑΤΕΦΘΕΙΡΑΝ — they destroyed, they corrupted, they ruined, they wasted
- ΚΑΤΕΦΘΕΙΡΕ — destroyed, corrupted, ruined, wasted, spoiled
- ΚΑΤΕΦΘΕΙΡΕΝ — destroyed, corrupted, ruined, spoiled
- ΚΑΤΕΦΘΕΙΡΕΤΟ — was being corrupted, was being destroyed, was being ruined, was being wasted
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