verb
katatrechamō
Strong’sG2701
I run down
stem katatrech-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
κατα-τρέχω,
[in LXX: Le 26:37, Jg 1:6 (רדף), al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2701 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
aorist 1 infinitive καταθρέξαι only in Refs 5th c.AD+: aorist 2 Refs 6th c.BC+, etc.: perfect -δεδράμηκα [ᾰμ] Refs 5th c.BC+ —passive, aorist infinitive Refs 4th c.AD+:—run down, Ar.[same place]; Refs 6th c.BC+.
2 of seamen or passengers by sea, run to land, disembark, Refs 5th c.BC+: metaphorically, κ. ξένιον ἄστυ come to a haven in.., falsa lectio in Refs 5th c.BC+
II transitive, run down, inveigh against, Refs 6th c.BC+
II.2 overrun, ravage, lay waste, Refs 5th c.BC+, etc., oppress, Refs 2nd c.BC+
II.3 run over, with genitive, Refs 3rd c.BC+.
II.4 pursue, LXX
II.5 hurry, Refs 1st c.AD+
II.6 slip down, of a bandage, Refs 2nd c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| katatrechataκατέδραμεν | happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular | ran down | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | katatrechamō | katatrechame | katatrechami | katatrechama | katatrechamē | katatrechamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | katatrechasō | katatrechase | katatrechasi | katatrechasa | katatrechasē | katatrechaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | katatrechatō | katatrechate | katatrechati | katatrechata1×κατέδραμεν | katatrechatē | katatrechatelē |
| we 1st person plural | katatrechanō | katatrechane | katatrechani | katatrechana | katatrechanē | katatrechanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | katatrechavō | katatrechave | katatrechavi | katatrechava | katatrechavē | katatrechavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | katatrechalō | katatrechale | katatrechali | katatrechala | katatrechalē | katatrechalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | katatrechameiō | katatrechameia | katatrechameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | katatrechaseiō | katatrechaseia | katatrechaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | katatrechateiō | katatrechateia | katatrechateiē |
| we 1st person plural | katatrechaneiō | katatrechaneia | katatrechaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | katatrechaveiō | katatrechaveia | katatrechaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | katatrechaleiō | katatrechaleia | katatrechaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | katatrechasōr | katatrechasar | katatrechasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | katatrechatōr | katatrechatar | katatrechatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | katatrechavōr | katatrechavar | katatrechavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | katatrechalōr | katatrechalar | katatrechalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | katatrechamoiō | katatrechamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | katatrechasoiō | katatrechasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | katatrechatoiō | katatrechatoia |
| we 1st person plural | katatrechanoiō | katatrechanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | katatrechavoiō | katatrechavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | katatrechaloiō | katatrechaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | katatrecharō | katatrechari | katatrechara | katatrecharē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | katatrecharōntos | katatrecharintos | katatrecharantos | katatrecharēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
katatrech is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
katatrechata“ran down”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular1×
Acts 21:32hos exautēs paralabarantos stratiōtoin kai hekatontarchēoin katatrechata epi autoin, tois de horarantois ton …… took some soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When the people …