G1036 βυθίζω (bythízō)

Greek

Verb

Quick Definition

βυθίζω v. I cause to sink, sink

Strong's Definition

to sink; by implication, to drown

Derivation: from G1037 (βυθός);

KJV Usage: begin to sink, drown

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

βυθίζω (G1036)

verb | βυθός · ἄβυσσος

15.115 · Linear Movement · Come/Go Down, Descend

to sink to cause to go down into water or other liquid substance

LUK 5:7

90.95 · Case · To Cause To Experience

to cause, to bring upon, to pull down to (a figurative extension of meaning of βυθίζω[a] ‘to cause to sink,’ 15.115) to cause someone to experience serious consequences

1TI 6:9

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

βυθίζω; [pres. pass. βυθίζομαι]; (βυθός, q. v.); to plunge into the deep, to sink: ὥστε βυθίζεσθαι αὐτά, of ships (as Polyb. 2, 10,5; 16, 3,2; [Aristot., Diod., al.]), so that they began to sink, Lk. vy. 7; metaph. τινὰ εἰς dhe θρον [A. V. drown], 1 Tim. vi. 9.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

βυθίζω bythizō 2x

to immerse, submerge, cause to sink, Lk. 5:7; to plunge deep, drown, 1 Tim. 6:9*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

** βυθίζω

(< βυθός), [in LXX: II Mac 12:4 * ;]

trans., to cause to sink, to sink: metaph., εἰς ὄλεθρον, I Ti 6:9; pass., to sink, intrans.: Lk 5:7.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

βυθίζω [page 118] The figurative use in 1Ti_6:9 may be illustrated by Syll 324 .7 (i/B.C.) συνεχέσι πολέμοις καταβυθισθ [ε ]ῖ [σαν τὴν πόλιν . See also Alciphron I. 16, 1 (= Schepers, p. 19) τὸ νῆφον ἐν ἐμοὶ συνεχῶς ὑπὸ τοῦ πάθους βυθίζεται (cited by Dibelius HZNT ad 1Ti_6:9 ).

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

βυθίζω (buthizō) — to sink. βῠθ-ίζω, sink a ship, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; let down, ἀγκύρας [Refs 4th c.AD+]; bury, plunge, ἑρπετόν.. ἐν μυχῷ τοῦ πηλοῦ [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, of a ship, etc., sink, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; of a person, to be plunged into the sea, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

II. overwhelm, submerge, of a flood, οἰκίας [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, [Refs]

III. metaphorically, β. ἀνθρώπους εἰς ὄλεθρον [NT]:—passive, to be ruined, τοὺς διὰ φιλοκερδίαν βυθιζομένους [Refs 1st c.BC+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

βυθίζω (βυθός), [in LXX: 2Ma.12:4 * ;] trans., to cause to sink, to sink: metaphorically, εἰς ὄλεθρον, 1Ti.6:9; pass., to sink, intrans.: Luk.5:7.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (2)

5:7

6:9

Luke 5:7

So they signaled to [their] partners in the other boat to come [and] help them, and they came and filled both boats so [full] that they began to sink.

1 Timothy 6:9

Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge [them] into ruin and destruction.