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Strong's #1036 - βυθίζω
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- to plunge into the deep, to sink
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βῠθ-ίζω,
I sink a ship, S. Fr. 552; μίαν πεντήρη ἐβύθισαν Plb. 2.10.5; let down, ἀγκύρας Them. in Ph. 133.20; bury, plunge, ἑρπετόν.. ἐν μυχῷ τοῦ πηλοῦ Luc. Alex. 13: — Pass., of a ship, etc., sink, D.S. 11.18, Babr. 117.1, Plu. Caes. 49, D.Chr. 63.3; of a person, to be plunged into the sea, Plu. 2.831d.
II overwhelm, submerge, of a flood, οἰκίας Plu. 2.306f: — Pass., Id. Daed. 7.
III metaph., β. ἀνθρώπους εἰς ὄλεθρον 1 Timothy 6:9 : — Pass., to be ruined, τοὺς διὰ φιλοκερδίαν βυθιζομένους Phld. Mort. 33; τὸ νῆφον ὑπὸ τοῦ πάθους βυθίζεται Alciphr. 1.13; νοῦς βυθισθεὶς θυμῷ ἢ ἐπιθυμίᾳ Simp. in Ph. 273.11, cf. Hld. 7.12.
βυθίζω; (present passive βυθίζομαι); (βυθός, which see); to plunge into the deep, to sink: ὥστε βυθίζεσθαι αὐτά, of ships (as Polybius 2, 10, 5; 16, 3, 2 (Aristotle, Diodorus, others)), so that they began to sink, Luke 5:7; metaphorically, τινα εἰς ὄλεθρον (A. V. drown), 1 Timothy 6:9.
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** βυθίζω
(< βυθός ),
[in LXX: 2 Maccabees 12:4 *;]
trans., to cause to sink, to sink: metaph., εἰς ὄλεθρον , 1 Timothy 6:9; pass., to sink, intrans.: Luke 5:7.†
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The figurative use in 1 Timothy 6:9 may be illustrated by Syll 324.7 (i/B.C.) συνεχέσι πολέμοις καταβυθισθ [ε ]ῖ [σαν τὴν πόλιν . See also Alciphron I. 16, 1 (= Schepers, p. 19) τὸ νῆφον ἐν ἐμοὶ συνεχῶς ὑπὸ τοῦ πάθους βυθίζεται (cited by Dibelius HZNT ad 1 Timothy 6:9).
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