Word

καταπίνω

katapínō · G2666 · Greek · 7 occurrences

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Meanings

to swallow

To cause something to pass through the mouth and into the stomach

Examples
Matthew 23:24 “You blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!
to destroy, to ruin completely

(A figurative extension of meaning of καταπίνω ‘to swallow,’) To cause the complete and sudden destruction of someone or something

Examples
Hebrews 11:29 By faith they passed through the Red Sea as through dry land; and the Egyptians, when they attempted it, were drowned.
1 Peter 5:8 Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
to cause the end of, to swallow up

(A figurative extension of meaning of καταπίνω ‘to swallow,’) To cause the complete cessation of a state

Examples
1 Corinthians 15:54 But when this perishable puts on the imperishable, and this mortal puts on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written: “DEATH HAS BEEN SWALLOWED UP in victory.
2 Corinthians 5:4 For indeed, we who are in this tent groan, being burdened, because we do not want to be unclothed but to be clothed, so that what is mortal will be swallowed up by life.
Revelation 12:16 But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and drank up the river which the dragon had hurled out of his mouth.
to grieve to the point of giving up, to grieve and despair

(An idiom, literally: to be swallowed up by grief) To be so overcome with grief as to despair

Examples
2 Corinthians 2:7 so that on the other hand, you should rather forgive and comfort him, otherwise such a person might be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.

How it’s used In 5 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

7 occurrences in 7 groups

ΑἰγύπτιοςEgyptian 1
θάνατοςdeath 1
θνητόςmortal 1
τοιοῦτοςsuch 1
Not stated: he, she or it 1
Not stated (participle) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

3 occurrences in 3 groups

κάμηλοςcamel 1
ποταμόςriver 1
τὶςsomeone 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

εἰςto+ νῖκοςvictory 1
ὑπόby, under+ ζωήlife 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ὁδηγόςguide, leader 1

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 2 groups

γίνομαιto become, to happen, to be 1
ζητέωto seek, to look for 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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In the other Testament 1 word

בָּלַע bâlaʻ · H1104 · to swallow, to swallow up, to destroy: Greek καταπίνω and Hebrew בָּלַע both denote the core action of swallowing or engulfing something entirely, used both literally (consuming food/drink) and figuratively (destruction, overwhelming); בָּלַע serves as the standard Hebrew equivalent across LXX translation contexts where the swallowing/devouring sense is in view.

Semantic domains 4 entries

To cause the end of, to swallow up13.43: In 1 Corinthians 15:54, of the resurrection it is written, “DEATH HAS BEEN SWALLOWED UP in victory,” using this word for the complete and total ending of something.
To destroy, to ruin completely20.52: In Hebrews 11:29, of the Red Sea crossing it is written, “they passed through the Red Sea as through dry land; and the Egyptians, when they attempted it, were drowned,” using this word for the complete destruction of those who were overtaken.
To swallow23.45: In Matthew 23:24, Jesus rebukes the scribes and Pharisees, “You blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!” using this word for the literal, physical act of swallowing.
To grieve to the point of giving up, to grieve and despair25.285: In 2 Corinthians 2:7, Paul urges forgiveness for a repentant offender, “you should rather forgive and comfort him, otherwise such a person might be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow,” using this word for being consumed by grief to the point of despair.

Word family 10 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

πίνω pínō · G4095 · to drink, drinking, to absorb · 73×ποτήριον potḗrion · G4221 · cup, to cause someone not to experience, to take the cup from · 31×πόθεν póthen · G4159 · from where? whence? where?, how, in what manner · 29×ποτίζω potízō · G4222 · to give to drink, to water, to irrigate · 15×καταπίνωkatapínō · G2666πόσις pósis · G4213 · a drink, drinking · 3×πόμα póma · G4188 · a drink · 2×συμπόσιον sympósion · G4849 · a group eating together · 2×πότος pótos · G4224 · orgy, revelling, carousing · 1×συμπίνω sympínō · G4844 · to drink together · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon 2 aorist κατέπιον; 1 aorist passive κατεπόθην; (from Hesiod and Herodotus down);…

2 aorist κατέπιον; 1 aorist passive κατεπόθην; (from Hesiod and Herodotus down); properly, to drink down, swallow down: Mt 23:24; Rev 12:16; to devour, 1 Pet 5:8 (here Tr καταπιεῖν by mistake; (see πίνω, at the beginning)); to swallow up, destroy, passive, 1 Cor 15:54; 2 Cor 5:4; Heb 11:29; tropically, λύπη καταποθῆναι, to be consumed with grief, 2 Cor 2:7.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 4 entries

State3 occurrences Destroy2 occurrences Processes Involving the Mouth, Other Than Eating and Drinking1 occurrence Sorrow, Regret1 occurrence

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