ΤΟΚΑΤΑΠΤΗΣΣΕΙΝ, τοκαταπτησσειν
TOKATAPTĒSSEIN, tokataptēssein
Sounds Like: toh-kah-TAP-tess-sin
Translations: the cowering, the shrinking, the being terrified, the being disheartened
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΠΤΗΣΣΩ
Part of Speech: Noun (Substantivized Infinitive)
Explanation: This is a substantivized infinitive, meaning it functions as a noun. It is formed from the verb 'καταπτήσσω' (kataptēsso), which means 'to cower, to shrink from fear, to be terrified, to be disheartened'. The addition of the neuter definite article 'τό' (to) turns the action of the verb into a noun, referring to the act or state of cowering or being disheartened. It describes the act of shrinking back or being overcome by fear or discouragement.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative (as a substantivized infinitive)
Strong’s number: G2689 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 1:42
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΠΤΗΣΣΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΠΤΗΚΕΝ — has cowered, has shrunk back, has been terrified
- ΚΑΤΑΠΤΗΞ — to shrink from, to cower, to be afraid, to be terrified, to be intimidated
- ΚΑΤΑΠΤΗΞΕΙ — will shrink back, will cower, will be terrified
- ΚΑΤΑΠΤΗΣΣΕΙ — to crouch, to cower, to shrink back, to be afraid, to be terrified
- ΚΑΤΑΠΤΗΣΣΟΝΤΕΣ — cowering, shrinking, being terrified, being scared
- ΚΑΤΑΠΤΗΣΣΩ — to cower, to shrink back, to be terrified, to be afraid
- ΚΑΤΕΠΤΗΚΕΝ — has been terrified, has been dismayed, has shrunk back, has cowered
- ΚΑΤΕΠΤΗΧΕΝΑΙ — to be terrified, to be scared, to be frightened, to shrink back, to cower
- ΚΑΤΕΠΤΗΧΟΤΩΝ — of having been terrified, of having been cowered, of having been frightened, of having been scared
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