Strong G2662καταπατέω

to trample

Transliteration
katapateō
Pronunciation
kat-ap-at-eh'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G2596 and G3961; to trample down; figuratively to reject with disdain: - trample tread (down underfoot).

Detailed definition

κατα-πατέω, -ῶ
[in LXX for דָּרַךְ, רָמַס, שָׁאַף, etc.;]
to tread down, trample under foot: Mat.7:6, Luk.12:1; pass., Mat.5:13, Luk.8:5. Metaphorical, τ. υἱὸν τ. θεοῦ, Heb.10:29.†
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In the Bible

Strong G2662 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • foot2
  • trample1
  • trodden1
  • trode1

First verses

  1. Matthew 5:13
    Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
  2. Matthew 7:6
    Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
  3. Luke 8:5
    A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.
  4. Luke 12:1
    In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
  5. Hebrews 10:29
    Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
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Detailed Greek dictionary
καταπᾰτ-έω,
trample under foot, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.84, etc.; ὑσὶ τὸ σπέρμα κ)]. trample down the seed (i.e. have it trampled down) by swine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.14:)] —passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev\. author] 7.173, 223, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.72, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 34.37; τὸν ἐγκέφαλον ἐν ταῖς πτέρναις -πεπατημένον φορεῖν [prev\. author] 7.45)].
2 metaphorically, [NT+8th c.BC+ (κατὰ δ᾽ ὅρκια πιστὰ πάτησαν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.157; κ. τοὺς νόμους Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Leges” 714a; τὰ γράμματα [prev\. author] “Grg.” 484a; τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ NT.Heb.10.29; ὅρκον 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Epistulae” 14.1)].