Strong G2669καταπονέω
to oppress
- Transliteration
- kataponeō
- Pronunciation
- kat-ap-on-eh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
κατα-πονέω, -ῶ
[in LXX: 2Ma.8:2 (A), 3Ma.2:2 3Mac 2:13 *;]
to wear down, oppress, treat hardly: pass., Act.7:24, 2Pe.2:7.†
(AS)
[in LXX: 2Ma.8:2 (A), 3Ma.2:2 3Mac 2:13 *;]
to wear down, oppress, treat hardly: pass., Act.7:24, 2Pe.2:7.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2669 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- oppressed1
- vex1
First verses
- Acts 7:24And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
- 2 Peter 2:7And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
καταπον-έω,
subdue, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (τῇ ἐνδείᾳ τῆς τροφῆς τὴν ἀλκὴν τοῦ θηρίου 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 3.37, compare 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus “Incred.” 11)]: in future middle, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (τὰς ὀλίγας ναῦς ταῖς πολλαπλασίαις 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.15)]; worst in a lawsuit, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1101.9 (4th c.AD):)] —passive, to be subdued, reduced, worn out, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (δῆμος -πεπονημένος 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.36, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 29.27.11, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.6; πάντα ταῖς ἐνδελεχείαις -πονεῖται πράγματα Menander Comicus [{4-3rd c.BC}] 744)]; to be exhausted, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (τῷ θάλπει 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 10.715)].
2 handle roughly, crush, damage, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (τὰ -πονούμενα καὶ συμπατούμενα Theophrastus Philosophus [{4-3rd c.BC}] “Historia Plantarum” 8.7.5)]; maltreat, oppress, especially in passive, ὑπὸ τῶν τυράννων, ὑπὸ τῶν τελωνῶν, [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “fragment” 575, “BGU” 1188.17 (Aug.), cf. NT.Acts.7.24, 2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 1.)]
3 digest food, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.32 (_passive_).)]
II intransitive in perfect participle -πεπονηκώς ruinous, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “Aed.” 1.4, 8.)]
subdue, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (τῇ ἐνδείᾳ τῆς τροφῆς τὴν ἀλκὴν τοῦ θηρίου 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 3.37, compare 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus “Incred.” 11)]: in future middle, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (τὰς ὀλίγας ναῦς ταῖς πολλαπλασίαις 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.15)]; worst in a lawsuit, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1101.9 (4th c.AD):)] —passive, to be subdued, reduced, worn out, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (δῆμος -πεπονημένος 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.36, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 29.27.11, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.6; πάντα ταῖς ἐνδελεχείαις -πονεῖται πράγματα Menander Comicus [{4-3rd c.BC}] 744)]; to be exhausted, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (τῷ θάλπει 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 10.715)].
2 handle roughly, crush, damage, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (τὰ -πονούμενα καὶ συμπατούμενα Theophrastus Philosophus [{4-3rd c.BC}] “Historia Plantarum” 8.7.5)]; maltreat, oppress, especially in passive, ὑπὸ τῶν τυράννων, ὑπὸ τῶν τελωνῶν, [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “fragment” 575, “BGU” 1188.17 (Aug.), cf. NT.Acts.7.24, 2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 1.)]
3 digest food, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.32 (_passive_).)]
II intransitive in perfect participle -πεπονηκώς ruinous, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “Aed.” 1.4, 8.)]