Greek verb · G2666
καταπίνω
katapinokat-ap-ee'-no
to drink down, swallow; to devour
7 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: katapínō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2666is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2666
to drink down, i.e. gulp entire (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: devour, drown, swallow (up).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
katapino is rendered "to drink down, swallow; to devour". It stands 7 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Two of the uses stand in 2 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to drink down, swallow".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 23:24You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
Matthew 23:24καταπίνοντες.¶
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's seven uses are in 2 Corinthians.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: to drink down, swallow, and to devour.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to drink down, swallowMat.23:24, Rev.12:16. | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 23:24You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel. |
| to devour1Pe.5:8. Metaphorical, to swallow up, consume | Tagged as
| Where1 Corinthians 15:54When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| καταργέω | katargeo | to abate | Uses27 |
| καταλείπω | kataleipo | to leave behind | Uses23 |
| καταλύω | katalyo | to destroy/lodge | Uses17 |
| κατακρίνω | katakrino | to condemn | Uses15 |
| κατανοέω | katanoeo | to observe | Uses14 |
| καταντάω | katantao | to come to | Uses13 |
| καταρτίζω | katartizo | to complete | Uses13 |
| καταισχύνω | kataischyno | to dishonor | Uses13 |
| καταλαμβάνω | katalambano | to grasp | Uses13 |
| κατακαίω | katakaio | to burn | Uses12 |
| κατάκειμαι | katakeimai | to recline | Uses12 |
| κατασκευάζω | kataskeuazo | to prepare | Uses11 |
and 93 more on the stem.
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- καταποθῇ2
- καταπιεῖν1
- καταπίνοντες.¶1
- κατέπιεν1
- κατεπόθη1
- κατεπόθησαν.¶1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singular2V-APS-3S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-2AAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-2AAN
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-API-3P
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-API-3S
- verb · present active, participle · vocative (address) · masculine plural1V-PAP-VPM
Matthew
one use
You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
- καταπίνοντες.¶katapinontesverb · present active, participle · vocative (address) · masculine pluraltagged: swallowing
1 Corinthians
one use
When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
- κατεπόθηkatepotheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Has been swallowed up
2 Corinthians
two uses
So instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
- καταποθῇkatapotheaverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may be overwhelmed
So while we are in this tent, we groan under our burdens, because we do not wish to be unclothed but clothed, so that our mortality may be swallowed up by life.
- καταποθῇkatapotheaverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may be swallowed up
Hebrews
one use
By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.
- κατεπόθησαν.¶katepothesanverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were swallowed up
1 Peter
one use
Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
- καταπιεῖνkatapieinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to devour
Revelation
one use
But the earth helped the woman and opened its mouth to swallow up the river that had poured from the dragon’s mouth.
- κατέπιενkatepienverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: swallowed up
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.