Strong G2630κατακρημνίζω

to cast down

Transliteration
katakrēmnizō
Pronunciation
kat-ak-rame-nid'-zo
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G2596 and a derivative of G2911; to precipitate down: - cast down headlong.

Detailed definition

κατα-κρημνίζω
(κρημνός), [in LXX: 2Ch.25:12 (שָׁלַךְ hi.), 2Ma.12:15 2Mac 14:43, 4Ma.4:25*.]
to throw over a precipice, cast down head­long: Luk.4:29.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G2630 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • cast1
  • headlong1

First verses

  1. Luke 4:29
    And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
κατακρημν-ίζω,
future -ιῶ[Refs (“Carmina Popularia” 46.33)]: (κρημνός):—throw down a precipice, ἑαυτούς [NT+1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.56 W., compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marius” 45, 2.825b, NT.Luke.4.29)]: with a word added, ἀπὸ τοῦ ἄκρου τοῦ κρημνοῦ [LXX (LXX.2Ch.25.12)]:—passive, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.327, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sulla” 1, etc.)]: perfect participle, having fallen over a precipice, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.3.41.)]
2 generally, throw headlong down, ἐκ τριηρέων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.1.31; ἀπὸ τῶν ἵππων 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.116.12; ἀπὸ τοῦ πύργου 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.31)]:—passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.7.)]