Strong G2670καταποντίζω
to sink
- Transliteration
- katapontizō
- Pronunciation
- kat-ap-on-tid'-zo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
κατα-πονίζω
[in LXX for טָבַע pu., Exo.15:4 A, בָּלַע pi., שָׁטַף, Psa.55:9 69:2, al.;]
to throw into the sea, sink or drown therein: Mat.14:30; pass., Mat.18:6.†
(AS)
[in LXX for טָבַע pu., Exo.15:4 A, בָּלַע pi., שָׁטַף, Psa.55:9 69:2, al.;]
to throw into the sea, sink or drown therein: Mat.14:30; pass., Mat.18:6.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2670 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- drown1
- sink1
First verses
- Matthew 14:30But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
- Matthew 18:6But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
καταποντ-ίζω,
throw into the sea, plunge or drown therein, τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 14.27, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.169, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.403c, etc.: _metaphorically_, 4th-3rd c.BC: Axiopistus Poeta Ethicus 6 (_passive_); κ. τὰς βουλάς 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 49.10)]:—passive, variant in [NT+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.60.8; καταποντισθεὶς ὑπὸ τῆς θαλάσσης 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 18.20; ἐν τῷ πελάγει NT.Matt.18.6; εἰς τὸ πέλαγος Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] “Timoleon” 13)]; sink, NT.Mat.14.30; of a ship, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 2p.135 (3rd c.BC).)]
throw into the sea, plunge or drown therein, τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 14.27, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.169, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.403c, etc.: _metaphorically_, 4th-3rd c.BC: Axiopistus Poeta Ethicus 6 (_passive_); κ. τὰς βουλάς 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 49.10)]:—passive, variant in [NT+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.60.8; καταποντισθεὶς ὑπὸ τῆς θαλάσσης 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 18.20; ἐν τῷ πελάγει NT.Matt.18.6; εἰς τὸ πέλαγος Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] “Timoleon” 13)]; sink, NT.Mat.14.30; of a ship, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 2p.135 (3rd c.BC).)]