Strong's Lexicon
G5020 — ταρταρόω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5020 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ταρταρόω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from Tartarus (the deepest dungeon of Hades, known as the Abyss) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | tartaroo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | tar-tar-oh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to incarcerate in the Abyss "Tatarus" to await final judgement and eternal torment |
| KJV Renderings: | cast down to hell |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ταρταρόω, ταρτάρῳ: 1 aorist participle ταρταρώσας; (τάρταρος, the name of a subterranean region, doleful and dark, regarded by the ancient Greeks as the abode of the wicked dead, where they suffer punishment for their evil deeds; it answers to the Gehenna of the Jews, see γηννα); to thrust down to Tartarus (sometimes in the Scholiasts) (cf. Winers Grammar, 25 (24) n.); to hold captive in Tartarus: τινα σειραῖς (which see) σοφοῦ, 2Pe 2:4 (A. V. cast down to hell (making the dative depend on παρέδωκεν)).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ταρταρόω (cast down to hell)
2 Peter 2:4
- KJV: For if God spared not the angels that sinned but cast down to hell and delivered into chains of darkness to be reserved unto judgment
- GK: ει γαρ ο θεός αγγέλων αμαρτησάντων ουκ εφείσατο αλλά σειραίς ζόφου ταρταρώσας παρέδωκεν εις κρίσιν τετηρημένους
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