Strong G1036βυθίζω
to sink
- Transliteration
- buthizō
- Pronunciation
- boo-thid'-zo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G1037; to sink; by implication to drown: - begin to sink drown.
Detailed definition
βυθίζω
(βυθός), [in LXX: 2Ma.12:4 *;]
trans., to cause to sink, to sink: metaphorically, εἰς ὄλεθρον, 1Ti.6:9; pass., to sink, intrans.: Luk.5:7.†
(AS)
(βυθός), [in LXX: 2Ma.12:4 *;]
trans., to cause to sink, to sink: metaphorically, εἰς ὄλεθρον, 1Ti.6:9; pass., to sink, intrans.: Luk.5:7.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1036 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- drown1
- sink1
First verses
- Luke 5:7And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink.
- 1 Timothy 6:9But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
βῠθ-ίζω,
sink a ship, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 552; μίαν πεντήρη ἐβύθισαν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.10.5)]; let down, ἀγκύρας [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “in Aristotelis Physica paraphrasis - pars” 133.20)]; bury, plunge, ἑρπετόν.. ἐν μυχῷ τοῦ πηλοῦ [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 13)]:—passive, of a ship, etc., sink, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.18, 2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 117.1, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 49, 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 63.3)]; of a person, to be plunged into the sea, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.831d.)]
II overwhelm, submerge, of a flood, οἰκίας [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.306f)]:—passive, [Refs ([prev. author] “Daed.” 7.)]
III metaphorically, β. ἀνθρώπους εἰς ὄλεθρον [NT (NT.1Tim.6.9)]:—passive, to be ruined, τοὺς διὰ φιλοκερδίαν βυθιζομένους [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Morte - Papiri Ercolanesi” 33; τὸ νῆφον ὑπὸ τοῦ πάθους βυθίζεται 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 1.13; νοῦς βυθισθεὶς θυμῷ ἢ ἐπιθυμίᾳ 6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Aristotelis Physica commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 273.11, compare 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 7.12.)]
sink a ship, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 552; μίαν πεντήρη ἐβύθισαν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.10.5)]; let down, ἀγκύρας [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “in Aristotelis Physica paraphrasis - pars” 133.20)]; bury, plunge, ἑρπετόν.. ἐν μυχῷ τοῦ πηλοῦ [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 13)]:—passive, of a ship, etc., sink, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.18, 2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 117.1, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 49, 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 63.3)]; of a person, to be plunged into the sea, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.831d.)]
II overwhelm, submerge, of a flood, οἰκίας [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.306f)]:—passive, [Refs ([prev. author] “Daed.” 7.)]
III metaphorically, β. ἀνθρώπους εἰς ὄλεθρον [NT (NT.1Tim.6.9)]:—passive, to be ruined, τοὺς διὰ φιλοκερδίαν βυθιζομένους [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Morte - Papiri Ercolanesi” 33; τὸ νῆφον ὑπὸ τοῦ πάθους βυθίζεται 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 1.13; νοῦς βυθισθεὶς θυμῷ ἢ ἐπιθυμίᾳ 6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Aristotelis Physica commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 273.11, compare 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 7.12.)]