Word

καταπονέω

kataponéō · G2669 · Greek · 2 occurrences

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Meanings

to mistreat, to ill-treat, to cause to suffer

To cause someone to suffer ill-treatment

Examples
Acts 7:24 “And when he saw one of them being treated unjustly, he defended and took vengeance for the oppressed man by fatally striking the Egyptian.
to be distressed

To be distressed, with the implication of being worn out by such an experience

Examples
2 Peter 2:7 and if He rescued righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the perverted conduct of unscrupulous people

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

2 occurrences in 1 groups

Not stated (participle) 2

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ὑπόby, under+ ἀναστροφήconduct, way of life 1

It is given or told toIndirect object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ποιέωto do, to make 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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Semantic domains 2 entries

To be distressed25.230: In 2 Peter 2:7, Peter recalls Lot's ordeal, “He rescued righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the perverted conduct of unscrupulous people,” using this word for the state of being distressed by others' conduct.
To mistreat, to ill-treat, to cause to suffer88.126: In Acts 7:24, Stephen recounts Moses' history, “when he saw one of them being treated unjustly, he defended and took vengeance for the oppressed man by fatally striking the Egyptian,” using this word for the act of mistreating or ill-treating someone.

Word family 9 words

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

πένης pénēs · G3993 · poor, needy · 1×πονηρός ponērós · G4190 · immoral, evil, wicked · 78×πεινάω peináō · G3983 · to be hungry, to have hunger, to desire strongly · 23×πονηρία ponēría · G4189 · wickedness, wicked deeds, doing evil things · 7×πόνος pónos · G4192 · pain, suffering, hard work · 4×διαπονέω diaponéō · G1278 · to be irked, to be provoked, to become angry · 2×καταπονέωkataponéō · G2669πενιχρός penichrós · G3998 · poor, needy · 1×πρόσπεινος próspeinos · G4361 · hungry · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon καταπόνω: present passive participle καταπονουμενος; properly, to tire down with toil,…

καταπόνω: present passive participle καταπονουμενος; properly, to tire down with toil, exhaust with labor; hence, to afflict or oppress with evils; to make trouble for; to treat roughly: τινα, in passive, Acts 7:24; 2 Pet 2:7 (R. V. sore distressed). (3Macc. 2:2, 13; Hippocrates, Theophrastus, Polybius, Diodorus, Josephus, Aelian, others.)

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

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Worry, Anxiety, Distress, Peace1 occurrence Treat Badly1 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