Quick Definition
καταπίνω v. I swallow, devour, destroy
Strong's Definition
from 2596 and 4095; to drink down, i.e. gulp entire (literally or figuratively)
KJV Usage: devour, drown, swallow (up)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | aor. κατέπιον · inf. καταπιεῖν, καταπεῖν, καταπῖν · subj.3sg. καταπίει, καταπίῃ · aor.pass. κατεπόθην · subj. καταποθῶ | πίνω
23.45 · Physiological Processes and States · Processes Involving the Mouth, Other Than Eating and Drinking
to swallow to cause something to pass through the mouth and into the stomach The saying about ‘straining out a fly and swallowing a camel’ refers to gross unawareness of inconsistencies in one’s behavior, but in translating it is far better to preserve the intentional hyperbole, since it is one which can be readily grasped. As an aid to the reader, one can refer to the fact that in the list of unclean animals in LEV 11:0, the fly or gnat is the smallest and the camel is the largest.
20.52 · Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill · Destroy
to destroy, to ruin completely (a figurative extension of meaning of καταπίνω[a] ‘to swallow,’ 23.45) to cause the complete and sudden destruction of someone or something
13.43 · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · State
to cause the end of, to swallow up (a figurative extension of meaning of καταπίνω[a] ‘to swallow,’ 23.45) to cause the complete cessation of a state
25.285 · (καταπίνομαι) · Attitudes and Emotions · Sorrow, Regret
Collocation: καταπίνομαι λύπῃ
to grieve to the point of giving up, to grieve and despair (an idiom, literally: to be swallowed up by grief) to be so overcome with grief as to despair
1 In view of the element of despair in the idiom καταπίνομαι λύπω, it would be possible to classify this meaning under Subdomain X Discouragement in Domain 25 Attitudes and Emotions.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κατα-πίνω ; 2 aor. κατέπιον; 1 aor. pass. κατεπόθην; [fr. Hes. and Hdt. down]; prop. to drink down, swallow down: Mt. xxiii. 24; Rev. xii. 16; to devour, 1 Pet. v. 8 [here Tr -riew by mistake; (see πίνω, init.) ]; to swallow up, destroy, pass., 1 Co. xv. 54; 2 Co. v.4; Heb. xi. 29; trop. λύπῃ καταποθῆναι, to be consumed with grief, 2 Co. τ ee
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
καταπίνω katapinō 7x
to drink, swallow, gulp down, Mt. 23:24; to swallow up, absorb, Rev. 12:16; 2 Cor. 5:4; to engulf, submerge, overwhelm, Heb. 11:29; to swallow greedily, devour, 1 Pet. 5:8; to destroy, annihilate, 1 Cor. 15:54; 2 Cor. 2:7*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κατα-πίνω,
[in LXX chiefly for בּלע;]
to drink down, swallow: Mt 23:24, Re 12:16.
to devour: I Pe 5:8. Metaph., to swallow up, consume: pass., I Co 15:54(LXX), II Co 2:7 5:4, He 11:29.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
καταπίνω. For this verb in its literal sense see the magic P Lond 46° (iv/A.p.) (=I. p. 74) ἐὰν δέ τις αὐτῶν μὴ καταπίῃ τὸ δοθὲν αὐτῷ κτλ., 12196 (iii/A.D.) (= 1. p. 96) ὃ καταπεπωκὼς του (/. τὸν) ὄφιν, and Sy// 802° (iii/B.c.) κατέπιε δ᾽ αὐτὰ... ἐγ κυκᾶνι. With the use in 1 Cor 1555 we may compare P Leid V#-® (iii/iv a.p,) ἔφθασε τὸ πῦρ ἐπὶ τὰ εἴδωλα τὰ μέγιστα, καὶ κ[αἸτεπειέτω (1. κατεπίετο 6) οὐρανός.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
καταπίνω (katapinō) — to swallow. καταπίνω [ῑ], future -πίομαι [Refs 6th c.BC+], later -πιοῖμαι [Refs 1st c.AD+]: aorist [Refs 8th c.BC+] R.: perfect -πέπωκα [Refs 6th c.BC+]:—gulp, swallow down, both of liquids and solids [Refs 8th c.BC+]; λίθους [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the sea, [LXX+6th c.BC+]:—passive, τὸ -ποθὲν ὕδωρ (i.e. by the earth) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of rivers that disappear underground, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of cities swallowed by an earthquake, [Refs 2nd c.BC+].
2. absolutely, swallow, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. metaphorically, τὸν ἡμίοπον ὁ μέγας [αὐλὸς] κ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, to be absorbed, of knots in wood, [Refs 4th c.BC+].
II. b κ. Εὐριπίδην drink in Euripides, i.e. imbibe his spirit, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, [Refs 4th c.BC+].
II. c swallow, absorb, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] (passive); but, swallow one's anger, [Refs]
II.2. swallow up, consume, [the robe] [Refs 6th c.BC+]; ὁ δικαστὴς αὐτὰ [the revenue] [Refs]; τὸν ναύκληρον αὐτῷ σκάφει κ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τι [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.3. spend, waste in tippling, [τὴν οὐσίαν] [Refs 4th c.BC+]