ΚΑΤΟΨΕΣΘΑΙ, κατοψεσθαι
KATOPSESTHAI, katopsesthai
Sounds Like: kah-top-SEH-sthai
Translations: to look down, to look down upon, to look at, to behold, to observe, to see
From the root: ΚΑΘΟΡΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a future middle infinitive, meaning 'to be about to look down' or 'to be about to behold'. It is a compound word formed from the preposition κατά (kata), meaning 'down' or 'against', and the verb ὄπτομαι (optomai), meaning 'to see' or 'to behold'. It implies looking down from a higher position or observing something carefully.
Inflection: Future, Middle, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G2529 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΘΟΡΑΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΘΕΩΡΑ — he saw, he perceived, he observed, he looked down
- ΚΑΘΕΩΡΑΚΟΤΑΣ — having seen, having perceived, having observed, those who have seen, those who have perceived, those who have observed
- ΚΑΘΕΩΡΩΝ — they were seeing clearly, they were perceiving, they were beholding
- ΚΑΘΙΔΕ — look down, behold, see, consider
- ΚΑΘΟΡΑ — see, behold, perceive, discern, observe
- ΚΑΘΟΡΑΝ — to see clearly, to perceive, to discern, to behold
- ΚΑΘΟΡΑΣ — you see, you look, you behold, you perceive
- ΚΑΘΟΡΑΤΑΙ — is clearly seen, is perceived, is observed, is understood
- ΚΑΘΟΡΑΤΕ — you see, you perceive, you discern, you understand
- ΚΑΘΟΡΑΩ — to see clearly, to perceive, to discern, to understand, to behold
- ΚΑΘΟΡΩΜΕΝΟΙ — seen, clearly seen, observed, perceived
- ΚΑΘΟΡΩΜΕΝΟΥΣ — seen, perceived, observed, beheld
- ΚΑΘΟΡΩΝ — seeing, beholding, observing, perceiving, discerning, looking down upon
- ΚΑΤΕΙΔΕ — he saw, he perceived, he observed, he beheld, he looked down upon
- ΚΑΤΕΙΔΟΝ — I saw, I perceived, I observed, I discerned
- ΚΑΤΙΔΕ — look down, behold, see, consider, perceive
- ΚΑΤΙΔΕΙΝ — to look down, to behold, to perceive, to discern, to observe
- ΚΑΤΙΔΟΙΕΝ — they might see, they might perceive, they might behold, they might discern
- ΚΑΤΙΔΟΝΤΕΣ — having seen, having perceived, having beheld, having observed, having looked down upon
- ΚΑΤΙΔΩΝ — having seen, having looked down, having observed, having perceived, having discerned
- ΚΑΤΙΔΩΝΤΟ — they saw, they looked down, they perceived, they observed
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