Quick Definition
I sink in the sea, am drowned
Strong's Definition
to plunge down, i.e. submerge
Derivation: from G2596 (κατά) and a derivative of the same as G4195 (Πόντος);
KJV Usage: drown, sink
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
καταποντίζω: passive, present καταποντίζομαι; 1 aorist κατεποντίσθην; to plunge or sink in the sea; passive in the intransitive sense, to sink, to go down: Mat_14:30; a grievous offender for the purpose of killing him, to drown: passive Mat_18:6. (Lysias, Demosthenes, Polybius, Diodorus, Plutarch (Josephus, Antiquities 10, 7, 5; 14, 15, 10;
c. Apion. 2, 34, 3), others; the Sept.; (cf. Winer's Grammar, 24; Lob. Phryn., p. 361 note).)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
καταποντίζω katapontizō 2x
to sink in the sea; pass. to sink, Mat_14:30 ;
to be plunged, submerged, drowned, Mat_18:6
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κατα -πονίζω ,
[in LXX for H2883 pu ., Exo_15:4 A, H1104 pi ., H7857 , Psa_55:9 ; Psa_69:2 , al. ;]
to throw into the sea, sink or drown therein: Mat_14:30 ; pass ., Mat_18:6 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
καταποντίζω [page 331]
For the literal use of this verb, as in Mat_14:30 ; Mat_18:6 , cf. P Petr II. 40( a ) .27 (iii/B.C.) (= Witkowski .8 , p. 42) with reference to the sinking of an elephant transport ship ἀφ᾽ οὗ ἡ ἐλεφαντηγὸς κατεποντίσθη .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
καταποντίζω fut. σω "to throw into the sea, drown therein", Dem. , καταποντίζω, Hdt. , Plat.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
κατα-πονίζω
[in LXX for טָבַע pu., Exo.15:4 A, בָּלַע pi., שָׁטַף, Psa.55:9 69:2, al. ;]
to throw into the sea, sink or drown therein: Mat.14:30; pass., Mat.18:6.†
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