Strong's Lexicon
G2670
G2670 — καταποντίζω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2670 |
|---|---|
| Word: | καταποντίζω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G2596 and a derivative of the same as G4195 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | katapontizo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kat-ap-on-tid'-zo |
| Meaning: | 1. to plunge down, i.e. submerge |
| KJV Renderings: | drown, sink |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
καταποντίζω: passive, present καταποντίζομαι; 1 aorist κατεποντίσθην; to plunge or sink in the sea; passive in the intransitive sense, to sink, to go down: Mat 14:30; a grievous offender for the purpose of killing him, to drown: passive Mat 18:6. (Lysias, Demosthenes, Polybius, Diodorus, Plutarch (Josephus, Antiquities 10, 7, 5; 14, 15, 10;
c. Apion. 2, 34, 3), others; the Sept.; (cf. Winer’s Grammar, 24; Lob. Phryn., p. 361 note).)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
καταποντίζω (drown)
Matthew 14:30
- KJV: But when he saw the wind boisterous he was afraid and beginning to sink he cried saying Lord save me
- GK: βλέπων δε τον άνεμον ισχυρόν εφοβήθη και αρξάμενος καταποντίζεσθαι έκραξε λέγων κύριε σώσόν με
Matthew 18:6
- KJV: But 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 he were drowned in the depth of the sea
- GK: ος δ΄ αν σκανδαλίση ένα των μικρών τούτων των πιστευόντων εις εμέ συμφέρει αυτώ ίνα κρεμασθή μύλος ονικός επί τον τράχηλον αυτού και καταποντισθή εν τω πελάγει της θαλάσσης