ΛΑΚΤΙΣΑΣ, λακτισας
LAKTISAS, laktisas
Sounds Like: lak-TEE-sas
Translations: having kicked, having struck with the heel, having spurned
From the root: ΛΑΚΤΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb (Participle)
Explanation: This word is an aorist active participle, meaning 'having kicked' or 'having struck with the heel'. It describes an action completed in the past, and the one who performed the action. It can also carry the figurative sense of 'to spurn' or 'to treat with contempt', as if kicking something away. It functions like an adjective, modifying a noun or pronoun, and indicates the subject of the kicking action.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Singular
Strong’s number: G2979 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 8:278
From the same root
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