ΚΑΤΟΡΥΤΤΕΤΕ, κατορυττετε
KATORYTTETE, katoryttete
Sounds Like: kah-tor-ROOS-seh-teh
Translations: bury, hide, dig down, entomb
From the root: ΚΑΤΟΡΥΣΣΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb meaning to bury, hide, or dig down. It implies putting something into the ground or concealing it. It is formed from the preposition κατά (kata), meaning 'down' or 'against', and the verb ὀρύσσω (oryssō), meaning 'to dig'. Therefore, it literally means 'to dig down'. It can be used in contexts of burying the dead, hiding treasure, or simply digging a hole.
Inflection: Present, Active, Indicative, Second Person Plural
Strong’s number: G2664 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:57
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΟΡΥΣΣΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΟΡΥΓΩΣΙΝ — they will bury, they may bury, they might bury, they will dig down, they may dig down, they might dig down
- ΚΑΤΟΡΥΞΑΝΤΑ — having dug down, having buried, who dug down, who buried
- ΚΑΤΟΡΩΡΥΓΜΕΝΟΝ — buried, dug down, hidden underground, a buried thing
- ΚΑΤΩΡΥΞΑ — I buried, they buried, I dug down, they dug down
- ΚΑΤΩΡΥΞΑΝ — they buried, they dug down, they interred
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