Greek verb · G2670
καταποντίζω
katapontizokat-ap-on-tid'-zo
to sink
2 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: katapontízō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2670is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2670
to plunge down, i.e. submerge
The King James renders it: drown, sink.
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
katapontizo is rendered "to sink". It stands 2 times in the Greek text, across one book.
- Two of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 14:30But when he saw the strength of the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!”
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
But when he saw the strength of the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!”
Matthew 14:30καταποντίζεσθαι
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's two uses are in Matthew.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- he may be sunk1
- to sink1
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 89 more on the stem.
All 2, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 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
- καταποντίζεσθαι1
- καταποντισθῇ1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singular1V-APS-3S
- verb · present passive, infinitive (“to…”)1V-PPN
Matthew
two uses
But when he saw the strength of the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!”
- καταποντίζεσθαιkatapontizesthaiverb · present passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to sink
But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
- καταποντισθῇkatapontistheaverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: he may be sunk
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.