ΚΕΡΑΥΝΩΤΟΥΣ, κεραυνωτους
KERAUNŌTOUS, keraunōtous
Sounds Like: keh-rah-no-TOOS
Translations: to strike with lightning, to thunder-strike, to blast
From the root: ΚΕΡΑΥΝΟΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the action of striking or blasting with lightning, often associated with divine power, particularly that of Zeus in ancient Greek mythology. It implies a sudden, powerful, and destructive impact. It is used to describe a powerful, often divine, act of striking down or destroying.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Participle, Accusative, Masculine, Plural
Strong’s number: G2749 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:22
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΕΡΑΥΝΟΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΙΡΑΥΝΩΣΙ — they strike with a thunderbolt, they blast, they thunderstrike
- ΚΕΡΑΥΝΟΩ — to strike with lightning, to cast down, to thunder
- ΚΕΡΑΥΝΩΘΕΙΣ — struck by lightning, having been struck by lightning, thunderstruck
- ΚΕΡΑΥΝΩΘΕΝΤΑ — having been struck by lightning, thunderstruck, struck by a thunderbolt
- ΚΕΡΑΥΝΩΣΕΙ — he will strike with lightning, he will thunder, he will blast
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