Quick Definition
ἐδαφίζω v. I dash to the ground
Strong's Definition
from 1475; to raze
KJV Usage: lay even with the ground
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | fut. ἐδαφιῶ | ἔδαφος
20.57 · Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill · Destroy
to raze, to tear down, to destroy (derivative of ἔδαφος ‘ground,’ 1.44) to destroy or tear down, by causing something to be brought down to the level of the ground In LUK 19:44 the pronoun σε ‘you’ refers to the city of Jerusalem.
20.64 · Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill · Kill
to kill (a figurative extension of meaning of ἐδαφίζω[a] ‘to raze, to tear down,’ 20.57) to destroy or kill a population The verb ἐδαφίζω in relationship to the pronoun σε (referring to Jerusalem) means ‘to raze to the ground’ (see 20.57), but in reference to τὰ τέκνα σου ἐν σοί the meaning is ‘to kill.’ Accordingly, ἐδαφίζω must be regarded as having two different meanings within the same context: (1) ‘to raze to the ground’ and (2) ‘to kill.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐδαφίζω : Attic fut. ἐδαφιῶ [B. 37 (32); W.§ 13, 1¢.]; (see ἔδαφος) ; to throw to the ground,—both of cities, buildings, to raze, level with the earth, and of men; in both applications in Lk. xix. 44 [by zeugma (?) ef. W. § 66, 3 6.1. (Ps. exxxvi. (exxxvii.) 9; Is. iii. 26; Ezek. xxxi. 12; Hos. xiv. 1 (xiii. 16); Am. ix. 14 [Ald.]; rare in prof. writ., as [ Aristot. probl. 23, 29]; Polyb. 6, 33, 6.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐδαφίζω edaphizō 1x
pr. to form a level and firm surface; to level with the ground, overthrow, raze, destroy, Lk. 19:44*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐδαφίζω (< ἔδαφος)
[in LXX chiefly for רטשׁ pu. ;]
to beat level like a threshing floor (Theophr.).
to dash to the ground (Field, Notes, 74): Lk 19:44 (cf. Ps 136 (137):9, Ho 14:1).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐδαφίζω. In support of the RV rendering in Lk 19** “and shall dash thee to the ground,” see Field Mores, p. 74. We have not come across any example of the verb in the papyri or the inscrr. though the subst. (see s.v.) is common.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐδαφίζω (edaphizō) — to raze. ἐδᾰφ-ίζω, beat level and firm like a floor or pavement, [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. provide with a floor, οἶκον [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
III. dash to the ground, [LXX+NT]