ΚΑΤΗΦΕΙΑΣ, κατηφειας
KATĒPHEIAS, katēpheias
Sounds Like: kah-tay-FEH-ee-as
Translations: of dejection, of downcast look, of gloom, of sadness, of sorrow
From the root: ΚΑΤΗΦΕΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a state of dejection, gloom, or sadness, often characterized by a downcast look or expression. It describes a feeling of deep sorrow or despondency. It is typically used to describe a person's emotional state.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G2726 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
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
- ΚΑΤΗΦΕΙΑ — dejection, despondency, downcast look, gloom, a dejection
- ΚΑΤΗΦΕΙΑΝ — dejection, despondency, sadness, gloom, a dejection, a despondency
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