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Lexicon :: Strong's G2702 - katapherō

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καταφέρω
Transliteration
katapherō (Key)
Pronunciation
kat-af-er'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From κατά (G2596) and φέρω (G5342) (including its alternate)
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Strong’s Definitions

καταφέρω kataphérō, kat-af-er'-o; from G2596 and G5342 (including its alternate); to bear down, i.e. (figuratively) overcome (with drowsiness); specially, to cast a vote:—fall, give, sink down.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G2702 in the following manner: fall (1x), sink down (1x), give (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G2702 in the following manner: fall (1x), sink down (1x), give (1x).

  1. to bear down, bring down, cast down

    1. to cast a pebble or calculus into the urn

      1. to give one's vote, to approve

    2. to be born down, to sink, (from the window to the pavement)

    3. metaph.

      1. to be weighted down by, overcome, carried away

      2. to sink into sleep, drop asleep

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
καταφέρω kataphérō, kat-af-er'-o; from G2596 and G5342 (including its alternate); to bear down, i.e. (figuratively) overcome (with drowsiness); specially, to cast a vote:—fall, give, sink down.
STRONGS G2702:
καταφέρω; 1 aorist κατήνεγκα; passive, present καταφέρομαι; 1 aorist κατηνεχθην; (from Homer down); to bear down, bring down, cast down: ψῆφον, properly, to cast a pebble or calculus namely, into the urn, i. e. to give one's vote, to approve, Acts 26:10; αἰτιώματα κατά τίνος (see κατά, I. 2 b. (but the critical editions reject κατά κτλ.)), Acts 25:7 L T Tr WH. Passive, to be borne down, to sink (from the window to the pavement), ἀπό τοῦ ὕπνου, from sleep (from the effect of his deep sleep (cf. Buttmann, 322 (277); Winer's Grammar, 371 (348))), Acts 20:9b; metaphorically, to be weighed down by, overcome, carried away, καταφερόμενος ὕπνῳ βάθει, sunk in a deep sleep, Acts 20:9a; of a different sort (contra Winer's Grammar, 431 (401)) is the expression in secular authors, καταφέρομαι εἰς ὕπνον, to sink into sleep, drop asleep, Josephus, Antiquities 2, 5, 5; Herodian, 2, 1, 3 (2); 9, 6 (5); τοισιν ὑπνοισιν, Hipp., p. 1137 c. ((Kühn iii., p. 539)), and in the same sense simply καταφέρομαι; cf. (Liddell and Scott, under the word, I. 2 d.); Stephanus' Thesaurus 4 col. 1286 (where the passage from Acts is fully discussed).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
20:9; 20:9; 25:7; 26:10

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Strong's Number G2702 matches the Greek καταφέρω (katapherō),
which occurs 11 times in 10 verses in the LXX Greek.

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