Strong G2702καταφέρω
to vote against
- Transliteration
- katapherō
- Pronunciation
- kat-af-er'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
κατα-φέρω
[in LXX for יָרַד hi., etc.;]
to bring down: αἰτιώματα, Act.25:7; ψῆφον, to cast a ballot, Act.26:10; pass., to be borne down: ὕπνῳ, ἀπὸ τ. ὕ., Act.20:9.†
(AS)
[in LXX for יָרַד hi., etc.;]
to bring down: αἰτιώματα, Act.25:7; ψῆφον, to cast a ballot, Act.26:10; pass., to be borne down: ὕπνῳ, ἀπὸ τ. ὕ., Act.20:9.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2702 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- against1
- fall1
- give1
- sink1
First verses
- Acts 20:9And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.
- Acts 26:10Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
καταφέρω,
future κατοίσω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 28, -οίσομαι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.425)]: aorist 1 κατήνεγκα [LXX (LXX.Gen.37.2)], infinitive - ενεγκεῖν [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.62.9)]; Doric dialect κατέφειρα [Refs (“GDI” 2317.8 (Delph.))]:—bring down, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, οὗ μ᾽ ἄχος ὀξὺ κατοίσεται Ἄϊδος εἴσω)] will bring me down to the grave, Il.[same place]; βαρυπεσῆ καταφέρω ποδὸς ἀκμάν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 370 (Lyric poetry))]; of rivers, κ. χρυσίον, γῆν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mirabilia” 833b17, “Pr.” 935a16: Comedy texts, ὁ Κρᾶθις ἡμῖν κ. μάζας 5th c.BC: Metagenes Comicus 6.1)]; especially of cutting instruments, κ. τὴν σμινύην [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 11.32)]; τὴν δίκελλαν, τὴν σφῦραν, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 7, “Prom.” 2: with _dative_ object, κ. τὸ ξίφος τῷ πολεμίῳ)] let it fall upon him, [LXX+1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.236e: with _genitive_, τὴν ἅρπην τῆς ἰξύος 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 1.3; τῶν γνάθων τὸ ξυρόν 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.66: _metaphorically_, ψόγον τινός LXX.Gen.37.2)]: absolutely, hew downwards, deal a blow, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 8, “Somn.” 3; κ. πληγήν [prev. author] “Tim.” 40, compare 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.69 (but also κατήνεγκε πληγαῖς τὴν κεφαλήν “PTeb.” 138 (2nd c.BC)).)]
b pull down, demolish, πύργους [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.64.11)]; ἥλους (warts) [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Philumenus Medicus “de Venenatis Animalibus” 10.4.)]
c pay down, discharge, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Oeconomica” 1348a2, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.62.9, 33.13.6, “GDI” 1754 (Delph.), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 28.)]
d pass, evacuate, τὰ σπλάγχνα μετὰ τῶν σιτίων [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 5.9.4.)]
e refer a thing, ἀπό τινος ἐφ᾽ ἕτερον, variant for{μεταφέρειν}, Legal cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.94.)]
f carry down, in reckoning, etc., πλῆθος ἀμήχανον ἐτῶν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Numa” 18; τὸ τῆς εὐδαιμονίας εἰς τὰ ζῷα 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 1.4.1.)]
2 passive, to be brought down by a river, of gold dust, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.93)]; from an upper story, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 47.63)]; to move downwards with violence, to be discharged, of humours, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 6.8.18)]; to be couched, of a cataract, - ενεχθέντος τοῦ ὑποχύματος [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 7.89.)]
2.b descend, sink, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 590b8)]; κ. ὁ ἥλιος, ἡ σελήνη, ἡ ἡμέρα,[Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. work] 552b21, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Nicias” 21, “Tim.” 12)]; κ. ὁ λύχνος is near going out, [Refs ([prev. author] “Caes.” 69)]; κ. [ἡ ἄμπελος] is perishing, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.13.5)]; of dancers, κ. ἐπὶ γῆν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 36 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, compare 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 228)]; of a sick person, κ. καθάπερ νεκρόν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 7.591)]; but ἐπὶ πόδας, of a patient in bed, [Refs ([prev. author] 18(2).60.)]
2.c fall, flow down, of rain or rivers, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (“Geoponica” 5.2.16, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus see at {Πεντέλεια}.)]
2.d tumble down, αἱ οἰκίαι κ. ἐπί τινα.. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Dio” 44; ἀφ᾽ ὕψους -ενεχθεῖσα γυνή 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.84.)]
2.e to be weighed down, ἐν τοῖσιν ὕπνοισι variant in [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 4.45, compare 5.50; κ. καὶ νυστάζειν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Somno et Vigilia” 456b31; ἐς ὕπνον 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMeretr.” 2.4; ὕπνῳ βαθεῖ NT.Act.20.9, compare 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “de gymnastica” 54; ὑπὸ μέθης 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 11.461c)]: absolutely, drop asleep, opposed to ἐγείρεσθαι, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 779a9, “Insomn.” 462a10)]; to be semi-comatose, ἀγρυπνεῖν τε ἅμα καὶ -εσθαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 16.497.)]
II carry back, carry home, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 955.)]
II.2 of a storm, drive to land, ὁ χειμὼν κατήνεγκε τὰς ναῦς ἐς τὴν Πύλον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.3, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.24.11)]:— passive, καταφέρεται χειμῶνι ἐς τὸ Ἀθηναίων στρατόπεδον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.137, compare 3.69)]: generally, in passive, to be landed, discharged, of cargoes, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“PFlor.” 278ii 13 (3rd c.AD), etc.)]
III passive, metaphorically, to be brought to a point, ἐπὶ γνώμην, ἐλπίδα, etc., [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 30.19.13, 6.9.3, 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 2.6.1; ἐπὶ τὰς αὐτὰς διανοίας 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Lysia” 17, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Morte - Papiri Ercolanesi” 29, +others: _absolutely_ (compare καταφορά 11.3), [prev. work] 30)]:—also active, have recourse, ἐπ᾽ οὐθὲν ψεῦδος [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Rh.” 1.159 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]
III.2 tend, ἡ [σύνταξις] ἐπὶ τὸ προστακτικὸν φύσει κ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 232.8; τῶν ῥημάτων -φερομένων εἰς τὴν ἐπὶ τέλους βαρεῖαν [prev. work] 134.25.)]
III.3 enter the lists, like Latin descendere in arenam, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 59.67.)]
IV bring against, τὴν διαβολὴν κ. τινός [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica ad Alexandrum” 1437a19.)]
V intransitive in active, to be prone, inclined, κ. εἰς τὰς γυναῖκας [Refs (“POxy.” 465.146.)]
future κατοίσω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 28, -οίσομαι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.425)]: aorist 1 κατήνεγκα [LXX (LXX.Gen.37.2)], infinitive - ενεγκεῖν [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.62.9)]; Doric dialect κατέφειρα [Refs (“GDI” 2317.8 (Delph.))]:—bring down, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, οὗ μ᾽ ἄχος ὀξὺ κατοίσεται Ἄϊδος εἴσω)] will bring me down to the grave, Il.[same place]; βαρυπεσῆ καταφέρω ποδὸς ἀκμάν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 370 (Lyric poetry))]; of rivers, κ. χρυσίον, γῆν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mirabilia” 833b17, “Pr.” 935a16: Comedy texts, ὁ Κρᾶθις ἡμῖν κ. μάζας 5th c.BC: Metagenes Comicus 6.1)]; especially of cutting instruments, κ. τὴν σμινύην [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 11.32)]; τὴν δίκελλαν, τὴν σφῦραν, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 7, “Prom.” 2: with _dative_ object, κ. τὸ ξίφος τῷ πολεμίῳ)] let it fall upon him, [LXX+1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.236e: with _genitive_, τὴν ἅρπην τῆς ἰξύος 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 1.3; τῶν γνάθων τὸ ξυρόν 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.66: _metaphorically_, ψόγον τινός LXX.Gen.37.2)]: absolutely, hew downwards, deal a blow, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 8, “Somn.” 3; κ. πληγήν [prev. author] “Tim.” 40, compare 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.69 (but also κατήνεγκε πληγαῖς τὴν κεφαλήν “PTeb.” 138 (2nd c.BC)).)]
b pull down, demolish, πύργους [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.64.11)]; ἥλους (warts) [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Philumenus Medicus “de Venenatis Animalibus” 10.4.)]
c pay down, discharge, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Oeconomica” 1348a2, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.62.9, 33.13.6, “GDI” 1754 (Delph.), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 28.)]
d pass, evacuate, τὰ σπλάγχνα μετὰ τῶν σιτίων [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 5.9.4.)]
e refer a thing, ἀπό τινος ἐφ᾽ ἕτερον, variant for{μεταφέρειν}, Legal cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.94.)]
f carry down, in reckoning, etc., πλῆθος ἀμήχανον ἐτῶν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Numa” 18; τὸ τῆς εὐδαιμονίας εἰς τὰ ζῷα 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 1.4.1.)]
2 passive, to be brought down by a river, of gold dust, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.93)]; from an upper story, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 47.63)]; to move downwards with violence, to be discharged, of humours, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 6.8.18)]; to be couched, of a cataract, - ενεχθέντος τοῦ ὑποχύματος [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 7.89.)]
2.b descend, sink, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 590b8)]; κ. ὁ ἥλιος, ἡ σελήνη, ἡ ἡμέρα,[Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. work] 552b21, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Nicias” 21, “Tim.” 12)]; κ. ὁ λύχνος is near going out, [Refs ([prev. author] “Caes.” 69)]; κ. [ἡ ἄμπελος] is perishing, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.13.5)]; of dancers, κ. ἐπὶ γῆν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 36 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, compare 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 228)]; of a sick person, κ. καθάπερ νεκρόν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 7.591)]; but ἐπὶ πόδας, of a patient in bed, [Refs ([prev. author] 18(2).60.)]
2.c fall, flow down, of rain or rivers, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (“Geoponica” 5.2.16, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus see at {Πεντέλεια}.)]
2.d tumble down, αἱ οἰκίαι κ. ἐπί τινα.. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Dio” 44; ἀφ᾽ ὕψους -ενεχθεῖσα γυνή 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.84.)]
2.e to be weighed down, ἐν τοῖσιν ὕπνοισι variant in [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 4.45, compare 5.50; κ. καὶ νυστάζειν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Somno et Vigilia” 456b31; ἐς ὕπνον 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMeretr.” 2.4; ὕπνῳ βαθεῖ NT.Act.20.9, compare 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “de gymnastica” 54; ὑπὸ μέθης 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 11.461c)]: absolutely, drop asleep, opposed to ἐγείρεσθαι, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 779a9, “Insomn.” 462a10)]; to be semi-comatose, ἀγρυπνεῖν τε ἅμα καὶ -εσθαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 16.497.)]
II carry back, carry home, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 955.)]
II.2 of a storm, drive to land, ὁ χειμὼν κατήνεγκε τὰς ναῦς ἐς τὴν Πύλον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.3, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.24.11)]:— passive, καταφέρεται χειμῶνι ἐς τὸ Ἀθηναίων στρατόπεδον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.137, compare 3.69)]: generally, in passive, to be landed, discharged, of cargoes, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“PFlor.” 278ii 13 (3rd c.AD), etc.)]
III passive, metaphorically, to be brought to a point, ἐπὶ γνώμην, ἐλπίδα, etc., [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 30.19.13, 6.9.3, 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 2.6.1; ἐπὶ τὰς αὐτὰς διανοίας 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Lysia” 17, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Morte - Papiri Ercolanesi” 29, +others: _absolutely_ (compare καταφορά 11.3), [prev. work] 30)]:—also active, have recourse, ἐπ᾽ οὐθὲν ψεῦδος [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Rh.” 1.159 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]
III.2 tend, ἡ [σύνταξις] ἐπὶ τὸ προστακτικὸν φύσει κ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 232.8; τῶν ῥημάτων -φερομένων εἰς τὴν ἐπὶ τέλους βαρεῖαν [prev. work] 134.25.)]
III.3 enter the lists, like Latin descendere in arenam, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 59.67.)]
IV bring against, τὴν διαβολὴν κ. τινός [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica ad Alexandrum” 1437a19.)]
V intransitive in active, to be prone, inclined, κ. εἰς τὰς γυναῖκας [Refs (“POxy.” 465.146.)]