Strong G2656κατανεύω

to signal

Transliteration
kataneuō
Pronunciation
kat-an-yoo'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G2596 and G3506; to nod down (towards) that is (by analogy) to make signs to: - beckon.

Detailed definition

κατα-νεύω

1. to nod assent,

2. to make a sign by nodding the head: with dative of person(s), Luk.5:7.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G2656 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • beckon1

First verses

  1. Luke 5:7
    And 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.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
κατανεύω,
future -νεύσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.524, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “R.” 350e)]: aorist [Refs 8th c.BC+ (κατένευσα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.558)], etc.; Epic dialect participle [Refs 8th c.BC+ (καννεύσας 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.464)]:—nod assent, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (κεφαλῇ κατανεύσομαι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.524; Χαίταις 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 1.14; κατανεύσομαι καὶ ἀνανεύσομαι Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “R.” [same place], compare “Euthd.” 277c, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ec.” 72: _absolutely_, of granting a request, ὑπέστην καὶ κατένευσα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.267, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.111, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Th.” 1020:)] with accusative _of things_, grant, promise, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (ὅτι μοι κατένευσε Κρονίων νίκην καὶ μέγα κῦδος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.175)]: later with dative, consent to, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“BGU” 1119.24 (1st c.BC))]: with future infinitive, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (δωσέμεναι κατένευσε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.393; ὑπέσχετο καὶ κατένευσεν Ἴλτον ἐκπέρσαντ᾽ εὐτείχεον ἀπονέεσθαι 2.112)]: later with aorist infinitive, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Bion Bucolicus “fragment” 5.8)]: generally, make a signbynoddingthehead, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (ὁ δὲ τῇ -ένευσε σιωπῇ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.463)].
II bow down, εἰς γῆν variant in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 7.14; ἐπειδὰν -νεύσῃ τὸ ἀγγεῖον “Geoponica” 2.4.2; κ. τὴν κεφαλήν 2nd c.AD: Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.205)]: perfect participle -νενευκώς downcast, [Refs (Vett. Val. 2.4.)]
III Astron., tilt downward, of the pole, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eudoxus Astronomus “Ars” 6.31. [κατᾱνεύων 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.490)].]