ἐδαφίζω
edaphízō · G1474 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to raze, to tear down, to destroy
(Derivative of ἔδαφος ‘ground,’) To destroy or tear down, by causing something to be brought down to the level of the ground
ExamplesLuke 19:44 and they will level you to the ground, and throw down your children within you, and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.”
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to kill
(A figurative extension of meaning of ἐδαφίζω ‘to raze, to tear down,’) To destroy or kill a population
ExamplesLuke 19:44 and they will level you to the ground, and throw down your children within you, and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.”
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated: they 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 2 groups
- σύyou 1
- τέκνονchild, offspring 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- κρύπτωto hide 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 3 words
- καταστρέφω katastréphō · G2690 · to turn over, to upset, to overturn
- καταστρέφω means to overthrow or destroy utterly, often used of cities or structures being completely demolished, making it a near synonym for ἐδαφίζω's sense of razing to the ground.
- κατασκάπτω kataskáptō · G2679 · to tear down, to destroy
- κατασκάπτω specifically means to demolish or raze (literally 'to dig down'), used of destroying buildings or cities, making it a close synonym for ἐδαφίζω in the sense of leveling to the ground.
- καταλύω katalýō · G2647 · to destroy, to tear down, destruction
- καταλύω means to destroy or demolish (buildings, temple, etc.), overlapping significantly with ἐδαφίζω's sense of razing structures, though it has broader figurative uses as well.
In the other Testament 2 words
- הָרַס hâraç · H2040 · to be in ruins, to tear down, to demolish
- הָרַס is the primary Hebrew verb for tearing down or demolishing structures (e.g., walls, buildings, altars), making it a direct translation equivalent for ἐδαφίζω when the latter means 'to raze' or 'to level to the ground.'
- נָתַץ nâthats · H5422 · to tear down, to pull down, to break down
- נָתַץ is another common Hebrew verb for demolishing or breaking down structures (often parallel to הָרַס), and serves as a legitimate translation equivalent for the razing/demolishing sense of ἐδαφίζω.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- To raze, to tear down, to destroy20.57
- In Luke 19:44, Jesus weeps over Jerusalem, foretelling that her enemies will level her to the ground and leave not one stone upon another, this verb naming the complete demolition of a structure or city.
- To kill20.64
- The same Luke 19:44 citation also falls under this closely related domain, since the leveling of Jerusalem described there entails the death of her inhabitants along with the destruction of the city itself.
Word family 18 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : Attic future ἐδαφιω (Buttmann, 37 (32); Winers Grammar, § 13, 1 c.); (see ἔδαφος); to…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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