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Lexicon :: Strong's G2670 - katapontizō

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καταποντίζω
Transliteration
katapontizō (Key)
Pronunciation
kat-ap-on-tid'-zo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From κατά (G2596) and a derivative of the same as Πόντος (G4195)
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Strong’s Definitions

καταποντίζω katapontízō, kat-ap-on-tid'-zo; from G2596 and a derivative of the same as G4195; to plunge down, i.e. submerge:—drown, sink.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G2670 in the following manner: sink (1x), drown (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G2670 in the following manner: sink (1x), drown (1x).

  1. to plunge or sink into the sea

    1. to sink, to go down

    2. a grievous offender for the purpose of killing him, to drown

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
καταποντίζω katapontízō, kat-ap-on-tid'-zo; from G2596 and a derivative of the same as G4195; to plunge down, i.e. submerge:—drown, sink.
STRONGS G2670:
καταποντίζω: passive, present καταποντίζομαι; 1 aorist κατεποντίσθην; to plunge or sink in the sea; passive in the intransitive sense, to sink, to go down: Matthew 14:30; a grievous offender for the purpose of killing him, to drown: passive Matthew 18:6. (Lysias, Demosthenes, Polybius, Diodorus, Plutarch (Josephus, Antiquities 10, 7, 5; 14, 15, 10; c. Apion. 2, 34, 3), others; the Sept.; (cf. Winer's Grammar, 24; Lob. Phryn., p. 361 note).)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
14:30; 18:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2670 matches the Greek καταποντίζω (katapontizō),
which occurs 11 times in 10 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:4 - “Pharaoh’s chariots and his host he cast into the sea,
and his chosen officers were sunk in the Red Sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:19 - I am one of those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up the heritage of the LORD?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:20 - Joab answered, “Far be it from me, far be it, that I should swallow up or destroy!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:9 - Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongues;
for I see violence and strife in the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:2 - I sink in deep mire,
where there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters,
and the flood sweeps over me.

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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 124:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:4 - then the flood would have swept us away,
the torrent would have gone over us;

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:12 - The words of a wise man’s mouth win him favor,[fn]
but the lips of a fool consume him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:2 - The Lord has swallowed up without mercy
all the habitations of Jacob;
in his wrath he has broken down
the strongholds of the daughter of Judah;
he has brought down to the ground in dishonor
the kingdom and its rulers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:5 - The Lord has become like an enemy;
he has swallowed up Israel;
he has swallowed up all its palaces;
he has laid in ruins its strongholds,
and he has multiplied in the daughter of Judah
mourning and lamentation.
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