katapinō · swallow, devour

What it means

katapinō (καταπίνω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “swallow, devour”.

Swallow, gulp down, devour; swallow up.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Gulp down; make vanish completely, like death overcome.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• swallowed ×5
• devour ×1
• swallow ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• 1 Corinthians×1
• 2 Corinthians×2
• Hebrews×1
• 1 Peter×1
• Revelation×1

• Matthew 23:24

  Blind guides, who strain out the gnat but swallow the camel!

• 1 Corinthians 15:54

  And when this perishable body puts on imperishability, and this mortal body puts on immortality, then the word that is written will come about: Death has been swallowed up in victory.

• 2 Corinthians 2:7

  so that on the contrary you should rather forgive and comfort him, lest somehow such a one be swallowed up by excessive sorrow.

• 2 Corinthians 5:4

  For indeed we who are in the tent groan, being burdened, because we do not want to be unclothed but to put on the other over it, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

• Hebrews 11:29

  By faith they crossed the Red Sea as on dry land, and when the Egyptians attempted to do it, they were swallowed up.

• 1 Peter 5:8

  Be sober, keep watch. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

• Revelation 12:16

  And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon had thrown out of his mouth.