Strong's Lexicon

G1474

G1474 — ἐδαφίζω

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekedaphizoverbOccurrences: 1

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G1474
Word:ἐδαφίζω
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:from G1475
Language:Greek
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:edaphizo
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:ed-af-id'-zo
Meaning:1. to raze
KJV Renderings:lay even with the ground

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἐδαφιζο: Attic future ἐδαφιω (Buttmann, 37 (32); Winers Grammar, § 13, 1 c.); (see ἔδαφος); to throw to the ground — both of cities, buildings, to raze, level with the earth, and of men; in both applications in Luk 19:44 (by zeugma (?) cf. Winer’s Grammar, § 66, 2 e.). (Psa 136:9 (); Isa 3:26; Eze 31:12; Hos 14:1 (Hos 13:16); Amo 9:14 (Ald.); rare in secular writings, as (Aristotle, probl. 23, 29); Polybius 6, 33, 6.)

Englishman's Greek Concordance

ἐδαφίζω (lay even with the ground)

Luke 19:44

KJV: And shall lay thee even with the ground and thy children within thee and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation
GK: και εδαφιούσί σε και τα τέκνα σου εν σοι και ουκ αφήσουσιν εν σοι λίθον επί λίθω ανθ΄ ουκ έγνως τον καιρόν της επισκοπής σου
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