Strong G900βαθύνω
to dig deep
- Transliteration
- bathunō
- Pronunciation
- bath-oo'-no
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G901; to deepen: - deep.
Detailed definition
βαθύνω
(βαθύς), [in LXX for עמד: Psa.91 (92):5, Jer.29 (49):8 30(49)30 *;]
to deepen: Luk.6:48.†
(AS)
(βαθύς), [in LXX for עמד: Psa.91 (92):5, Jer.29 (49):8 30(49)30 *;]
to deepen: Luk.6:48.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G900 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- deep1
First verses
- Luke 6:48He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
βᾰθύνω:—
passive, pluperfect βεβάθυστο [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 39.305)]: (βαθύς):— deepen, hollow out, βάθυνε δὲ χῶρον ἅπαντα, of a torrent, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.421)]; ἔσκαψε καὶ ἐβάθυνε dug and dug deep, [NT (NT.Luke.6.48)]; ἐβάθυνε πέδον ταρσῷ, of a dog, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 47.239: _metaphorically_, ὁ λιμὸς βαθύνει ἑαυτόν 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 5.12.3)]: especially as military term, deepen, τὴν φάλαγγα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.3.23, 8.5.15, compare 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 25.11)]:—passive, become deep, be deepened, λίμνη β. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.11.3; κρημνὸς βαθύνεται εἰς ἀπορρῶγα 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 1.21.3)]; νάσως βαθυνομένας ἀπὸ ῥιζᾶν, of Delos, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“Hymnus ad Isim” 160; τὸ βαθυνόμενον τῆς ῥηγμῖνος 6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus 2.2)]; of a deep wound, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 39.305)]; βαθυνομέναις χερσί in or with the hollowed hands, [Refs ([prev. work] 11.180.)]
2 in Mathematics texts, add a third dimension, β. τὰ ἐπίπεδα [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus)] in R.2.52 K.,[Refs 4th c.BC+ (compare “in Ti.” 1.146 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator)]:—passive, κυκλικῶς βαθυνθέντες [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Aristotelis Physica commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 59.17.)]
II intransitive, sink deep, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.248, 2.402)]; sink, crumble, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus “Abhandlungen der Göttinger Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften (Phil.-hist. Klasse)” 157.8.)]
II.2 metaphorically, go deeply into a subject, βαθύνας θεωρῆσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in Platonis Parmenidem commentarii” p.622 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]
passive, pluperfect βεβάθυστο [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 39.305)]: (βαθύς):— deepen, hollow out, βάθυνε δὲ χῶρον ἅπαντα, of a torrent, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.421)]; ἔσκαψε καὶ ἐβάθυνε dug and dug deep, [NT (NT.Luke.6.48)]; ἐβάθυνε πέδον ταρσῷ, of a dog, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 47.239: _metaphorically_, ὁ λιμὸς βαθύνει ἑαυτόν 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 5.12.3)]: especially as military term, deepen, τὴν φάλαγγα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.3.23, 8.5.15, compare 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 25.11)]:—passive, become deep, be deepened, λίμνη β. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.11.3; κρημνὸς βαθύνεται εἰς ἀπορρῶγα 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 1.21.3)]; νάσως βαθυνομένας ἀπὸ ῥιζᾶν, of Delos, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“Hymnus ad Isim” 160; τὸ βαθυνόμενον τῆς ῥηγμῖνος 6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus 2.2)]; of a deep wound, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 39.305)]; βαθυνομέναις χερσί in or with the hollowed hands, [Refs ([prev. work] 11.180.)]
2 in Mathematics texts, add a third dimension, β. τὰ ἐπίπεδα [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus)] in R.2.52 K.,[Refs 4th c.BC+ (compare “in Ti.” 1.146 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator)]:—passive, κυκλικῶς βαθυνθέντες [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Aristotelis Physica commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 59.17.)]
II intransitive, sink deep, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.248, 2.402)]; sink, crumble, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus “Abhandlungen der Göttinger Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften (Phil.-hist. Klasse)” 157.8.)]
II.2 metaphorically, go deeply into a subject, βαθύνας θεωρῆσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in Platonis Parmenidem commentarii” p.622 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]