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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #2670 - καταποντίζω

Transliteration

katapontízō

Phonetics

kat-ap-on-tid'-zo

Origin

from (G2596) and a derivative of the same as (G4195)

Parts of Speech

verb

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to plunge or sink into the sea
1. to sink, to go down
2. a grievous offender for the purpose of killing him, to drown

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1104 ‑ בָּלַע (baw‑lah'); 2883 ‑ טָבַע (taw‑bah'); 7857 ‑ שָׁטַף (shaw‑taf');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Matthew 1

BSB (2)

Matthew 2

CSB (2)

Matthew 2

ESV (2)

Matthew 2

KJV (2)

Matthew 2

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (2)

Matthew 2

N95 (2)

Matthew 2

NAS (2)

Matthew 2

NLT (2)

Matthew 4

WEB (2)

Matthew 2

YLT (2)

Matthew 2

ASV (1)

to sink 1

BSB (2)

to be drowned 1

to sink 1

CSB (2)

drowned 1

sink 1

ESV (2)

drowned 1

sink 1

KJV (2)

drowned 1

sink 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (2)

drowned 1

sink 1

N95 (2)

drowned 1

sink 1

NAS (2)

drowned 1

sink 1

NLT (2)

drowned 1

sink 1

WEB (2)

that he should be sunk 1

to sink 1

YLT (2)

he may be sunk 1

to sink 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

V-APS-3S 1

V-PPN 1

ANT

V-APS-3S 1

V-PPN 1

BEZ

V-APS-3S 1

V-PPN- 1

BGB

V-APS-3S 1

V-PPN 1

BMT

V-APS-3S 1

V-PPN 1

BYZ

V-APS-3S 1

V-PPN 1

ELZ

V-APS-3S 1

V-PPN 1

NA26

V-3APSS 1

V-PPN 1

SBL

V-APS-3S 1

V-PPN 1

SCV

V-APS-3S 1

V-PPN 1

STV

V-APS-3S 1

V-PPN 1

TIS

V-APS-3S 1

V-PPN 1

V-APS-3S 1

V-PPN 1

TRG

V-APS-3S 1

V-PPN 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

καταποντ-ίζω, throw into the sea, plunge or drown therein, τινα Lys. 14.27, D. 23.169, Plu. 2.403c, etc.: metaph., Axiop. 6 (Pass.); κ. τὰς βουλάς Lib. Or. 49.10: — Pass., v.l. in Plb. 2.60.8; καταποντισθεὶς ὑπὸ τῆς θαλάσσης D.S. 18.20; ἐν τῷ πελάγει Matthew 18:6; εἰς τὸ πέλαγος Plu. Tim. 13; sink, Matthew 14:30; of a ship, PPetr. 2p.135 (iii B. C.).

Thayer's Expanded Definition

καταποντίζω: passive, present καταποντίζομαι; 1 aorist κατεποντίσθην; to plunge or sink in the sea; passive in the intransitive sense, to sink, to go down: Matthew 14:30; a grievous offender for the purpose of killing him, to drown: passive Matthew 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).)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

κατα -πονίζω ,

[in LXX for H2883 pu., Exodus 15:4 A, H1104 pi., H7857, Psalms 55:9; Psalms 69:2, al.;]

to throw into the sea, sink or drown therein: Matthew 14:30; pass., Matthew 18:6.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

For the literal use of this verb, as in Matthew 14:30; Matthew 18:6, cf. P Petr II. 40(a).27 (iii/B.C.) (= Witkowski.8, p. 42) with reference to the sinking of an elephant–transport ship—ἀφ᾽ οὗ ἡ ἐλεφαντηγὸς κατεποντίσθη.

List of Word Forms

καταποντιζεσθαι καταποντίζεσθαι καταποντιούσιν καταποντισάτω καταποντισθη καταποντισθή καταποντισθῇ καταποντισμού καταπόντισον καταπραύνει καταπραύνεις καταπραύνης καταπτήσσει κατάπτωμα κατεπόντισε κατεπόντισέ κατεπόντισεν κατεπρονόμευσαν κατέπτηκε κατέπτησον katapontisthe katapontisthē katapontisthêi katapontisthē̂i katapontizesthai katapontízesthai