Strong's Lexicon
G2666 — καταπίνω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2666 |
|---|---|
| Word: | καταπίνω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G2596 and G4095 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 7 |
| Transliteration: | katapino |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kat-ap-ee'-no |
| Meaning: | 1. to drink down, i.e. gulp entire {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | devour, drown, swallow (up) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
καταπίνω; 2 aorist κατέπιον; 1 aorist passive κατεπόθην; (from Hesiod and Herodotus down); properly, to drink down, swallow down: Mat 23:24; Rev 12:16; to devour, 1Pe 5:8 (here Tr καταπιεῖν by mistake; (see πίνω, at the beginning)); to swallow up, destroy, passive, 1Co 15:54; 2Co 5:4; Heb 11:29; tropically, λύπη καταποθῆναι, to be consumed with grief, 2Co 2:7.
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
καταπίνω (devour)
Matthew 23:24
- KJV: blind guides which strain at a gnat and swallow a camel
- GK: οδηγοί τυφλοί οι διϋλίζοντες τον κώνωπα την δε κάμηλον καταπίνοντες
1 Corinthians 15:54
- KJV: So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption and this mortal shall have put on immortality then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written Death is swallowed up in victory
- GK: όταν δε το φθαρτόν τούτο ενδύσηται αφθαρσίαν και το θνητόν τούτο ενδύσηται αθανασίαν τότε γενήσεται ο λόγος ο γεγραμμένος κατεπόθη ο θάνατος εις νίκος
2 Corinthians 2:7
- KJV: So that contrariwise ye rather to forgive and comfort lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow
- GK: ώστε τουναντίον μάλλον υμάς χαρίσασθαι και παρακαλέσαι μήπως τη περισσοτέρα λύπη καταποθή ο τοιούτος
2 Corinthians 5:4
- KJV: For we that are in tabernacle do groan being burdened not for that we would be unclothed but clothed that mortality might be swallowed up life
- GK: και γαρ οι όντες εν τω σκήνει στενάζομεν βαρούμενοι επειδή ου θέλομεν εκδύσασθαι αλλ΄ επενδύσασθαι ίνα καταποθή το θνητόν υπό της ζωής
Hebrews 11:29
- KJV: By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned
- GK: πίστει διέβησαν την ερυθράν θάλασσαν ως διά ξηράς ης πείραν λαβόντες οι Αιγύπτιοι κατεπόθησαν
1 Peter 5:8
- KJV: Be sober be vigilant because your adversary the devil as a roaring lion walketh about seeking whom he may devour
- GK: νήψατε γρηγορήσατε ο αντίδικος υμών διάβολος ως λέων ωρυόμενος περιπατεί ζητών τίνα καταπίη
Revelation 12:16
- KJV: And the earth helped the woman and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth
- GK: και εβοήθησεν η γη τη γυναικί και ήνοιξεν η γη το στόμα αυτής και κατέπιε τον ποταμόν ον έβαλεν ο δράκων εκ του στόματος αυτού
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