Quick Definition
κατακλύζω v. I flood over, overwhelm
Strong's Definition
from 2596 and the base of 2830; to dash (wash) down, i.e. (by implication) to deluge
KJV Usage: overflow
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | κλύζω (dash against [of the sea]) · κλυδωνίζομαι
14.34 · Physical Events and States · Events Involving Liquids and Dry Masses
flood, deluge a large flood with destructive force (more intense and extensive than πλήμμυρα ‘flood,’ 14.33) In the NT κατακλύζω and κατακλυσμός occur only in 2 Peter and are used exclusively of the catastrophic flood in the time of Noah. Such a flood may be spoken of as ‘a flood that destroys’ or ‘much water which destroys.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κατα-κλύζω : 1 aor. pass. ptep. κατακλυσθείς; fr. [Pind., Hdt.], Aeschyl. down; to overwhelm with water, to submerge, deluge, [cf. κατά, III. 4]: 2 Pet. iii. 6. (Sept. several times for WU.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κατακλύζω kataklyzō 1x
to inundate, flood, deluge, 2 Pet. 3:6*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κατα-κλύζω,
[in LXX for שׁטף, Ps 77 (78):20, al.;]
to inundate, deluge: pass., II Pe 3:6.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κατακλύζω is common ὋΓ land that has been ‘‘ flooded,” e.g. P Magd 281° (B.c. 218) (= Chrest. I. p. 399) ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς αὐτοὶ yewpThe verb is found in |
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κατακλύζω (katakluzō) — to flood. κατα-κλύζω, future -κλύσω [ῠ], poetry -κλύσσω[Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect κατακέκλυκα [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—deluge, inundate, τὴν γῆν [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs 3rd c.BC+], etc.; ὑπ᾽ ὄμβρων -κλυζόμενος [NT+5th c.BC+]
2. metaphorically, deluge, overwhelm, τοίους γὰρ κατὰ κῦμα.. ἔκλυσεν [Refs 7th c.BC+]; κ. ἀφθονίᾳ δίαιταν make life overflow with plenty, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατακλύσαι δεινῶν πόνων deluge with sufferings, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, ἀλλοδαπῶν κύματι φωτῶν -κλυσθῆναι[Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. wash down or away, κῦμα κ. ψᾶφον ἑλισσομέναν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. wash out, τὰ ἴχνη τοῦ λαγώ [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. fill full of water, τὴν πύελον [Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV. clean out a bath, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]