ΚΑΤΗΦΕΙΑ, κατηφεια
KATĒPHEIA, katēpheia
Sounds Like: kah-tee-FEY-ah
Translations: dejection, despondency, downcast look, gloom, a dejection
From the root: ΚΑΤΗΦΕΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a state of dejection, despondency, or gloom, often characterized by a downcast look or a sad countenance. It describes a feeling of deep sadness or discouragement. It is used to describe a general atmosphere or a personal emotional state.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G2726 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 22:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΗΦΕΙΑ.
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.
- ΗΝΚΑΤΗΦΕΙΑ — dejection, downcast look, sadness, gloom, sorrow
- ΚΑΤΗΦΕΙΑΝ — dejection, despondency, sadness, gloom, a dejection, a despondency
- ΚΑΤΗΦΕΙΑΣ — of dejection, of downcast look, of gloom, of sadness, of sorrow
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