καταποντίζω
katapontízō · G2670 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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to sink, to drown
To sink or drown, to sink down into deep water, or to cause something or someone to do so
ExamplesMatthew 18:6 but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it is better for him that a heavy millstone be hung around his neck, and that he be drowned in the depths of the sea.
Matthew 14:30 But seeing the wind, he became frightened, and when he began to sink, he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!”
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 2 groups
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
- Not stated (infinitive) 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐνin+ πέλαγοςopen sea 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- συμφέρωto be profitable, to be better 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 1 word
- βυθίζω bythízō · G1036 · to sink, to cause, to bring upon
- Greek verb meaning to sink or plunge into the deep, used in Luke 5:7 of a boat beginning to sink; functionally synonymous with καταποντίζω, both describing submersion in water, though βυθίζω may emphasize the depth (βυθός = deep) while καταποντίζω emphasizes the sea (πόντος).
In the other Testament 2 words
- טָבַע ṭâbaʻ · H2883 · to sink, to fall (into), to drive
- Standard Hebrew verb for sinking or drowning, the natural translation equivalent for καταποντίζω in contexts like Exodus 15:4 (Pharaoh's chariots drowned in the Red Sea) and other drowning/sinking narratives.
- שָׁקַע shâqaʻ · H8257 · to sink, to press down
- Hebrew verb for sinking or settling down, used for objects sinking into water or mire (e.g., Jeremiah 38:6, where Jeremiah sinks into the mud); a legitimate translation option for the 'plunge down/submerge' sense of καταποντίζω.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- To sink15.116
- In Matthew 14:30, of Peter walking on water it is written, “seeing the wind, he became frightened, and when he began to sink, he cried out, saying, ‘Lord, save me!’” using this word for the act of sinking beneath the water's surface.
- To sink, to drown15.117
- In Matthew 18:6, Jesus warns about causing a little one to sin, “it is better for him that a heavy millstone be hung around his neck, and that he be drowned in the depths of the sea,” using this word for being caused to sink and drown.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : passive, present καταποντίζομαι; 1 aorist κατεποντίσθην; to plunge or sink in the sea;…
c. Apion. 2, 34, 3), others; the Sept.; (cf. Winer's Grammar, 24; Lob. Phryn., p. 361 note).)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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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