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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 BoxGen 41:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:7 - The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven healthy, full heads. Then Pharaoh woke up; it had been a dream.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:24 - The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads. I told this to the magicians, but none of them could explain it to me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:12 - Each one threw down his staff and it became a snake. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:12 - “You stretch out your right hand, and the earth swallows your enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:30 - But if the LORD brings about something totally new, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them, with everything that belongs to them, and they go down alive into the realm of the dead, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD with contempt.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:32 - and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households, and all those associated with Korah, together with their possessions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:34 - At their cries, all the Israelites around them fled, shouting, “The earth is going to swallow us too!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:28 - “Fire went out from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the citizens of Arnon’s heights.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:10 - The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them along with Korah, whose followers died when the fire devoured the 250 men. And they served as a warning sign.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:6 - and what he did to Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth right in the middle of all Israel and swallowed them up with their households, their tents and every living thing that belonged to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:16 - Now send a message at once and tell David, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords in the wilderness; cross over without fail, or the king and all the people with him will be swallowed up.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:19 - Will you never look away from me, or let me alone even for an instant?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:18 - But when it is torn from its spot, that place disowns it and says, ‘I never saw you.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:25 - Do not let them think, “Aha, just what we wanted!” or say, “We have swallowed him up.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:9 - Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns— whether they be green or dry—the wicked will be swept away.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:15 - Do not let the floodwaters engulf me or the depths swallow me up or the pit close its mouth over me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:17 - The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it buried the company of Abiram.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:27 - They reeled and staggered like drunkards; they were at their wits’ end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:3 - they would have swallowed us alive when their anger flared against us;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:6 - Their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs, and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:12

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:28 - A corrupt witness mocks at justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:20 - The wise store up choice food and olive oil, but fools gulp theirs down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:7 - for he is the kind of person who is always thinking about the cost.[fn] “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:16 - Those who guide this people mislead them, and those who are guided are led astray.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:8 - The fields of Heshbon wither, the vines of Sibmah also. The rulers of the nations have trampled down the choicest vines, which once reached Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots spread out and went as far as the sea.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:8 - he will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove his people’s disgrace from all the earth.

The LORD has spoken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:4 - That fading flower, his glorious beauty, set on the head of a fertile valley, will be like figs ripe before harvest— as soon as people see them and take them in hand, they swallow them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:19 - “Though you were ruined and made desolate and your land laid waste, now you will be too small for your people, and those who devoured you will be far away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:34 - “Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured us, he has thrown us into confusion, he has made us an empty jar. Like a serpent he has swallowed us and filled his stomach with our delicacies, and then has spewed us out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:44 - I will punish Bel in Babylon and make him spew out what he has swallowed. The nations will no longer stream to him. And the wall of Babylon will fall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:16 - All your enemies open their mouths wide against you; they scoff and gnash their teeth and say, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day we have waited for; we have lived to see it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:49 - My eyes will flow unceasingly, without relief,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:8 - Israel is swallowed up; now she is among the nations like something no one wants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:17 - Now the LORD provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:13 - Your eyes are too pure to look on evil; you cannot tolerate wrongdoing. Why then do you tolerate the treacherous? Why are you silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?
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