Strong G2626κατακλύζω
to flood
- Transliteration
- katakluzō
- Pronunciation
- kat-ak-lood'-zo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
κατα-κλύζω
[in LXX for שָׁטַף, Psa.78:20, al.;]
to inundate, deluge: pass., 2Pe.3:6.†
(AS)
[in LXX for שָׁטַף, Psa.78:20, al.;]
to inundate, deluge: pass., 2Pe.3:6.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2626 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- overflow1
First verses
- 2 Peter 3:6Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
κατα-κλύζω,
future -κλύσω [ῠ], poetry -κλύσσω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).10)]: perfect κατακέκλυκα [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PMagd.” 28.10 (3rd c.BC))]:—deluge, inundate, τὴν γῆν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.13 (of the Nile), compare 99 (_passive_), 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 9.50, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.89, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 22d, “OGI” 90.24 (Rosetta, 2nd c.BC))]:—passive, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 2p.15 [= 3 p.xv] (3rd c.BC))], etc.; ὑπ᾽ ὄμβρων -κλυζόμενος [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 11.12; κόσμος ὕδατι -κλυσθείς NT.2Pet.3.6.)]
2 metaphorically, deluge, overwhelm, τοίους γὰρ κατὰ κῦμα.. ἔκλυσεν [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 9.3; τὴν Φρυγῶν πόλιν.. ἤλπισας κατακλύσειν δαπάναισιν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 995; ἅπαντα.. κατακλύσει ποιήμασιν 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 186)]; κ. ἀφθονίᾳ δίαιταν make life overflow with plenty, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 2.8)]; κατακλύσαι δεινῶν πόνων deluge with sufferings, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 343 (Lyric poetry); εἰ καὶ μέλλει γέλωτι.. ὥσπερ κῦμα.. κατακλύσειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 473c:)] —passive, ἀλλοδαπῶν κύματι φωτῶν -κλυσθῆναι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (, of a city, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1084 (_anapaest meter_); -κλυσθεὶς ὑπὸ τοῦ τοιούτου ψόγου ἢ ἐπαίνου 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 492c; Χρυσίῳ -κεκλυσμένος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demosthenes” 14; -κλυσθέντα πλήθει κακῶν 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Epistulae” 5.1.)]
II wash down or away, κῦμα κ. ψᾶφον ἑλισσομέναν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).10, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 3.22.3.)]
II.2 wash out, τὰ ἴχνη τοῦ λαγώ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 5.4.)]
III fill full of water, τὴν πύελον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 843.)]
IV clean out a bath, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.198.)]
future -κλύσω [ῠ], poetry -κλύσσω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).10)]: perfect κατακέκλυκα [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PMagd.” 28.10 (3rd c.BC))]:—deluge, inundate, τὴν γῆν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.13 (of the Nile), compare 99 (_passive_), 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 9.50, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.89, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 22d, “OGI” 90.24 (Rosetta, 2nd c.BC))]:—passive, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 2p.15 [= 3 p.xv] (3rd c.BC))], etc.; ὑπ᾽ ὄμβρων -κλυζόμενος [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 11.12; κόσμος ὕδατι -κλυσθείς NT.2Pet.3.6.)]
2 metaphorically, deluge, overwhelm, τοίους γὰρ κατὰ κῦμα.. ἔκλυσεν [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 9.3; τὴν Φρυγῶν πόλιν.. ἤλπισας κατακλύσειν δαπάναισιν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 995; ἅπαντα.. κατακλύσει ποιήμασιν 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 186)]; κ. ἀφθονίᾳ δίαιταν make life overflow with plenty, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 2.8)]; κατακλύσαι δεινῶν πόνων deluge with sufferings, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 343 (Lyric poetry); εἰ καὶ μέλλει γέλωτι.. ὥσπερ κῦμα.. κατακλύσειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 473c:)] —passive, ἀλλοδαπῶν κύματι φωτῶν -κλυσθῆναι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (, of a city, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1084 (_anapaest meter_); -κλυσθεὶς ὑπὸ τοῦ τοιούτου ψόγου ἢ ἐπαίνου 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 492c; Χρυσίῳ -κεκλυσμένος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demosthenes” 14; -κλυσθέντα πλήθει κακῶν 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Epistulae” 5.1.)]
II wash down or away, κῦμα κ. ψᾶφον ἑλισσομέναν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).10, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 3.22.3.)]
II.2 wash out, τὰ ἴχνη τοῦ λαγώ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 5.4.)]
III fill full of water, τὴν πύελον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 843.)]
IV clean out a bath, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.198.)]