Quick Definition
καταπατέω v. I trample under foot
Strong's Definition
from 2596 and 3961; to trample down; figuratively, to reject with disdain
KJV Usage: trample, tread (down, underfoot)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | πατέω
19.52 · Physical Impact · Press
to trample on to step down forcibly upon, often with the implication of destruction or ruin
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κατα-πατέω, -@; fut. καταπατήσω (Mt. vii. 6 LT Tr WH); 1 aor. κατεπάτησα; Pass., pres. καταπατοῦμαι; 1 aor. κατεπατήθην ; to tread down [see κατά, IIL. 1], trample under foot: τί and twa, Mt. v.13; vii. 6; Lk. viii. 5; xii. 1, (Hadt. et sqq.; Sept.); metaph., like the Lat. conculco, to trample on i. 4. to treat with rudeness and insult, 2 Mace. viii. 2, etc.; cf. Grimm on 1 Mace. p. 61 [where its use to denote desecration is illustrated]; to spurn, treat with insulting neglect: ov υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ, Heb. x. 29; ὅρκια, Hom. I. 4,157; τοὺς νόμους, Plat. legg.4, 114 ἃ.; τὰ γράμματα, Gorg. p. 484 a.; τοὺς λόγους, Epict. 1, 8, 10; τὰ ῥήματά μου, Job vi. 3 Aq.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
καταπατέω katapateō 5x
to trample upon, tread down or under feet, Mt. 5:13; 7:6; Lk. 8:5; 12:1; met. to trample on by indignity, spurn, Heb. 10:29*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κατα-πατέω, -ῶ,
[in LXX for דּרךְ, רמס, שׁאף, etc.;]
to tread down, trample under foot: Mt 7:6, Lk 12:1; pass., Mt 5:13, Lk 8:5. Metaph., τ. υἱὸν τ. θεοῦ, He 10:29.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
καταπατέω occurs in the late PSI I. 76° (a.p. 574-578) ἡ πίστις... τἀναντία καταπατουμένη σαφῶς ἀπεργάζεται. Cf. Syl/ 8031 (iii/B.C.) καταπατεῖ(ν) νιν τοῖς ἵπποις. For the noun see CP Herm I. 7% 7 (ii/A.D. ?) καταπάτησιν ποιήσασθαι χωρίων.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
καταπατέω (katapateō) — to trample. καταπᾰτ-έω, trample under foot, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. trample down the seed (i.e. have it trampled down) by swine, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+].
2. metaphorically, [NT+8th c.BC+].
