ΚΑΤΙΣΧΝΑΙΝΕΤΟ, κατισχναινετο
KATISCHNAINETO, katischnaineto
Sounds Like: kat-is-KHNAI-ne-to
Translations: was made lean, was wasted away, was emaciated, was dried up, was shriveled
From the root: ΚΑΤΙΣΧΝΑΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes a state of becoming thin, wasted, or emaciated. It implies a process of gradual reduction in substance or vitality, often due to illness, lack of nourishment, or drying out. It is used to describe something or someone that is progressively losing its fullness or strength.
Inflection: Imperfect, Indicative, Middle or Passive, Third Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G2783 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 7 — 8:163
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΙΣΧΝΑΙΝΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΙΣΧΝΑΙΝΩ — to make thin, to make lean, to waste away, to become emaciated, to be wasted away
- ΚΑΤΙΣΧΝΩ — to make lean, to make thin, to waste away, to become lean, to become thin, to become wasted
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