καταχέω
katachéō · G2708 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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to pour on, to pour over
To cause to pour down on
ExamplesMatthew 26:7 a woman came to Him with an alabaster vial of very expensive perfume, and she poured it on His head as He was reclining at the table.
Mark 14:3 While He was in Bethany at the home of Simon the Leper, He was reclining at the table, and a woman came with an alabaster vial of very expensive perfume of pure nard. She broke the vial and poured the perfume over His head.
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
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated: he, she or it 2
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐπίon+ κεφαλήhead 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
- ἐκχέω ekchéō · G1632 · to pour out, to scatter
- Compound verb with ἐκ- prefix meaning to pour out or shed; shares the basic pouring sense with καταχέω but emphasizes the outward motion (pouring out) rather than downward/upon motion (pouring down/on)
In the other Testament 2 words
- שָׁפַךְ shâphak · H8210 · to be poured out, to be spilled, to gush out
- The standard Hebrew verb for pouring out liquid, used in contexts of pouring water, oil, or blood; directly corresponds to καταχέω in its basic sense of pouring liquid downward or upon something
- יָצַק yâtsaq · H3332 · to flow, to be washed away
- Hebrew verb for pouring, especially oil or liquids in ritual contexts; frequently used for anointing scenes where liquid is poured on someone or something, parallel to the uses of καταχέω in the NT anointing narratives
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To pour on, to pour over47.5
- In Matthew 26:7, of the woman who anointed Jesus it is written, “a woman came to Him with an alabaster vial of very expensive perfume, and she poured it on His head as He was reclining at the table,” using this word for the act of pouring a liquid over something.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : 1 aorist 3 person singular κατεχην (see ἐκχέω); to pour down upon; pour over, pour…
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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