καταστρώννυμι
katastrṓnnymi · G2693 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to kill
(A figurative extension of meaning of καταστρώννυμι ‘to spread out,’ not occurring in the NT) To cause the death of a number of persons, with the implication of bodies spread out over an area
Examples1 Corinthians 10:5 Nevertheless, with most of them God was not pleased; for their dead bodies were spread out in the wilderness.
How it’s used In 2 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
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐνin+ ἔρημοςwilderness, desert, deserted 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 2 words
- ἀναιρέω anairéō · G337 · to kill, to execute, killing
- A common Greek verb for killing or destroying, especially in contexts of violent death. Both verbs can denote slaying in the sense of causing death, though ἀναιρέω is more frequent and general while καταστρώννυμι emphasizes the prostrating/striking down aspect.
- ἀποκτείνω apokteínō · G615 · to kill, to do away with, to eliminate
- The most common NT Greek verb for killing. While ἀποκτείνω is the standard term for putting to death without special nuance, καταστρώννυμι's rare usage emphasizes the violent prostration or striking down. Both result in death but with different emphases.
Contrasting words 1 word
- ζωοποιέω zōopoiéō · G2227 · to give life to, to make live
- A true lexical opposite: καταστρώννυμι means to strike down/kill (cause death), while ζωοποιέω means to make alive/give life. These represent the fundamental binary of causing death versus causing life.
In the other Testament 2 words
- הָרַג hârag · H2026 · to slaughter, to kill, to murder
- The most common Hebrew verb for 'to kill/slay,' matching the implication of καταστρώννυμι in 1 Cor 10:5 where God 'struck down' the Israelites in the wilderness. Both denote violent death inflicted by divine or human agency.
- נָכָה nâkâh · H5221 · to hit, to beat, to strike
- A common Hebrew verb for striking down or slaying, often used in contexts of divine judgment (as in the wilderness generation narrative). The 'prostrate/strike down' semantic component aligns well with the compound καταστρώννυμι.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To kill20.63
- In 1 Corinthians 10:5, Paul writes of Israel in the wilderness, “Nevertheless, with most of them God was not pleased; for their dead bodies were spread out in the wilderness,” using this word for the act of being struck down and killed.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : 1 aorist passive κατεστρωθην; to strew over (the ground); to prostrate, slay (cf. our…
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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