καταποντίζω
katapontizō · sink, drown
Greek word · Strong’s number G2670 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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katapontizō (καταποντίζω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “sink, drown”.
Sink in the water, drown.
How to say it
ka·ta·pon·ti·zō
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
- To go down into the depths of the water.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- he be drowned ×1
- sink ×1
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Matthew 14:30
But seeing the strong wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!”
- Matthew 18:6
But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it is better for him that a donkey’s millstone be hung around his neck and that he be drowned in the depth of the sea.