ΡΩΜΑΙΟΥΣΚΑΘΕΙΛΟΝ, ρωμαιουσκαθειλον
RHŌMAIOUSKATHEILON, rhōmaiouskatheilon
Sounds Like: roh-MAI-oos-ka-THEI-lon
Translations: they tore down the Romans, they overthrew the Romans, they destroyed the Romans
From the root: ΡΩΜΑΙΟΣ, ΚΑΘΑΙΡΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Noun
Explanation: This is a compound word formed from 'ΡΩΜΑΙΟΥΣ' (Romaioi), meaning 'Romans' (in the accusative plural case), and 'ΚΑΘΕΙΛΟΝ' (katheilon), which is the aorist active indicative third person plural form of the verb 'καθαιρέω' (kathaireō), meaning 'to take down, pull down, overthrow, destroy'. Therefore, the compound word means 'they took down the Romans' or 'they overthrew the Romans'. It describes an action where a group of people brought down or destroyed the Romans.
Inflection: The first part, ΡΩΜΑΙΟΥΣ, is Accusative, Masculine, Plural. The second part, ΚΑΘΕΙΛΟΝ, is Aorist, Active, Indicative, Third Person, Plural.
Strong’s numbers: G4514 (Lookup on BibleHub), G2507 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 7:30
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΡΩΜΑΙΟΣ, ΚΑΘΑΙΡΕΩ, appear in our texts.
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