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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 7 times in 7 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:24 - “Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:54

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:54 - So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 2:7 - so that, on the contrary, you ought rather to forgive and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one be swallowed up with too much sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 5:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:4 - For we who are in this tent groan, being burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, but further clothed, that mortality may be swallowed up by life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:29 - By faith they passed through the Red Sea as by dry land, whereas the Egyptians, attempting to do so, were drowned.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 5:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 5:8 - Be sober, be vigilant; because[fn] your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:16 - But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon had spewed out of his mouth.
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