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Lexicon :: Strong's G2666 - katapinō

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καταπίνω
Transliteration
katapinō (Key)
Pronunciation
kat-ap-ee'-no
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:158,841

Strong’s Definitions

καταπίνω katapínō, kat-ap-ee'-no; from G2596 and G4095; to drink down, i.e. gulp entire (literally or figuratively):—devour, drown, swallow (up).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's G2666 in the following manner: swallow (4x), swallow (1x), drown (1x), devour (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's G2666 in the following manner: swallow (4x), swallow (1x), drown (1x), devour (1x).

  1. to drink down, swallow down

  2. to devour

  3. to swallow up, destroy

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
καταπίνω katapínō, kat-ap-ee'-no; from G2596 and G4095; to drink down, i.e. gulp entire (literally or figuratively):—devour, drown, swallow (up).
STRONGS G2666:
καταπίνω; 2 aorist κατέπιον; 1 aorist passive κατεπόθην; (from Hesiod and Herodotus down); properly, to drink down, swallow down: Matthew 23:24; Revelation 12:16; to devour, 1 Peter 5:8 (here Tr καταπιεῖν by mistake; (see πίνω, at the beginning)); to swallow up, destroy, passive, 1 Corinthians 15:54; 2 Corinthians 5:4; Hebrews 11:29; tropically, λύπη καταποθῆναι, to be consumed with grief, 2 Corinthians 2:7.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
23:24
1 Corinthians
15:54
2 Corinthians
2:7; 5:4
Hebrews
11:29
1 Peter
5:8
Revelation
12:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2666 matches the Greek καταπίνω (katapinō),
which occurs 36 times in 36 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:7 - And the thin ears swallowed up the seven plump, full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:24 - and the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears. And I told it to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:12 - For each man cast down his staff, and they became serpents. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:12 - You stretched out your right hand;
the earth swallowed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:30 - But if the LORD creates something new, and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that belongs to them, and they go down alive into Sheol, then you shall know that these men have despised the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:32 - And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and all the people who belonged to Korah and all their goods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:34 - And all Israel who were around them fled at their cry, for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us up!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:28 - For fire came out from Heshbon,
flame from the city of Sihon.
It devoured Ar of Moab,
and swallowed[fn] the heights of the Arnon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:10 - and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, when the fire devoured 250 men, and they became a warning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:6 - and what he did to Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, son of Reuben, how the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households, their tents, and every living thing that followed them, in the midst of all Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:16 - Now therefore send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not stay tonight at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over, lest the king and all the people who are with him be swallowed up.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:19 - How long will you not look away from me,
nor leave me alone till I swallow my spit?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:18 - If he is destroyed from his place,
then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have never seen you.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:25 - Let them not say in their hearts,
“Aha, our heart’s desire!”
Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:9 - Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns,
whether green or ablaze, may he sweep them away![fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:15 - Let not the flood sweep over me,
or the deep swallow me up,
or the pit close its mouth over me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:17 - the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
and covered the company of Abiram.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:27 - they reeled and staggered like drunken men
and were at their wits’ end.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 124:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:3 - then they would have swallowed us up alive,
when their anger was kindled against us;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:6 - When their judges are thrown over the cliff,[fn]
then they shall hear my words, for they are pleasant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:12 - like Sheol let us swallow them alive,
and whole, like those who go down to the pit;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:28 - A worthless witness mocks at justice,
and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:20 - Precious treasure and oil are in a wise man’s dwelling,
but a foolish man devours it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:7 - for he is like one who is inwardly calculating.[fn]
“Eat and drink!” he says to you,
but his heart is not with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:16 - for those who guide this people have been leading them astray,
and those who are guided by them are swallowed up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:8 - For the fields of Heshbon languish,
and the vine of Sibmah;
the lords of the nations
have struck down its branches,
which reached to Jazer
and strayed to the desert;
its shoots spread abroad
and passed over the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:8 - He will swallow up death forever;
and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces,
and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth,
for the LORD has spoken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:4 - and the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
which is on the head of the rich valley,
will be like a first-ripe fig[fn] before the summer:
when someone sees it, he swallows it
as soon as it is in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:19 - “Surely your waste and your desolate places
and your devastated land—
surely now you will be too narrow for your inhabitants,
and those who swallowed you up will be far away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:34 - “Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me;
he has crushed me;
he has made me an empty vessel;
he has swallowed me like a monster;
he has filled his stomach with my delicacies;
he has rinsed me out.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:44 - And I will punish Bel in Babylon,
and take out of his mouth what he has swallowed.
The nations shall no longer flow to him;
the wall of Babylon has fallen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:16 - All your enemies
rail against you;
they hiss, they gnash their teeth,
they cry: “We have swallowed her!
Ah, this is the day we longed for;
now we have it; we see it!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:49 - “My eyes will flow without ceasing,
without respite,

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:8 - Israel is swallowed up;
already they are among the nations
as a useless vessel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:17 - [fn] And the LORD appointed[fn] a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:13 - You who are of purer eyes than to see evil
and cannot look at wrong,
why do you idly look at traitors
and remain silent when the wicked swallows up
the man more righteous than he?
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