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G2708 καταχέω (katachéō)
Greek
Verb
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Quick Definition

I pour over

Strong's Definition

to pour down (out)

Derivation: from G2596 (κατά) and cheo (to pour);

KJV Usage: pour

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

καταχέω: 1 aorist 3 person singular κατεχην (see ἐκχέω); to pour down upon; pour over, pour upon: ἐπί τήν κεφαλήν (L T Tr WH ἐπί τῆς κεφαλῆς), Mat_26:7; κατά τῆς κεφαλῆς (Plato, rep. 3, p. 398 a.; Epictetus diss. 2, 20, 29), Mar_14:3 (where L T Tr WH omit κατά (cf. Winers Grammar, 381f (357f); Herodotus 4, 62; Plato, legg. 7, p. 814 b.; Josephus, contra Apion 2, 36, 2. Cf. Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 66f)).

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

καταχέω katacheō 2x to pour out or down upon, Mat_26:7 ; Mar_14:3

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

κατα -χέω , [in LXX for H3332 , H5186 , H5844 hi .;] to pour down upon: c . gen . ( cl .), Mar_14:3 ; seq . ἐπί , c . gen ., Mat_26:7 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

καταχέω [page 335] καταχέω is construed with the gen., as in Mar_14:3 ΰ B.C., in P Magd 24 .9 (B.C. 218) ἐσ [έρχεται ἡ Ψενόβαστις εἰς τὸ ὑπερῶιον ], ὅθεν τὸ οὖρον κατέχεέν μου : see Rutherford NP p. 66 f. Cf. also Syll 356 .24 (B.C. 6) σὺν τοῖς καταχεομένοις . . . ἀφεῖναι τὴν γάστραν ( jar ), and the cognate vb. καταχώννυμι ( abscondo ) in Vett. Val. p. 301 .9 τὸ ἐξελέγξαι ἀλλοτρίας ἐνθυμήσεις μυστικῶς κατακεχωσμένας .

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

καταχέω fut. -χεῶ aor1 κατέχεα epic κατέχευα Pass., 3rd sg. epic aor2 κατέχυ^το Pass., 3rd pl. epic aor2 κατέχυντο "to pour down upon, pour over", τί τινι Hom. ; also, κατ. τί τινος Hdt. , attic:—Pass., κατὰ ταῖν κόραιν ὕπνου τι καταχεῖται a bit of sleep "is poured over" the eyes, Ar. "to pour or shower down", Hom. : "to throw or cast down", id=Hom. ; πέπλον κατέχευεν ἐπ᾽ οὔδει "let" the robe "fall upon" the pavement, Il. Pass. "to be poured over" the ground, "lie in heaps", ὁ χῶρος, ἐν ᾧ αἱ ἄκανθαι [τῶν ὀφίων] κατακεχύαται (ionic 3rd pl. perf. pass.), Hdt. "to melt down", χρυσὸν ἐς πίθους id=Hdt. ; and in Mid., χρυσὸν καταχέασθαι "to have" it "melted down", id=Hdt. καταχέυω epic imperf. mid., τέττιξ καταχεύετ᾽ ἀοιδήν, Hes.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

κατα-χέω [in LXX for יָצַק, נָטָה, עָטָה hi. ;] to pour down upon: with genitive (cl.), Mrk.14:3; before ἐπί, with genitive, Mat.26:7.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (2)

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