Quick Definition
καταχέω v. I pour over
Strong's Definition
from 2596 and cheo (to pour); to pour down (out)
KJV Usage: pour
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
καταχέω katacheō 2x
to pour out or down upon, Mt. 26:7; Mk. 14:3*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κατα-χέω,
[in LXX for יצק, נטה, עטה hi.;]
to pour down upon: c. gen. (cl.), Mk 14:3; seq. ἐπί, c. gen., Mt 26:7.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
καταχέω is construed with the gen., as in Mk 145 NBC, in P Magd 24° (B.c. 218) éo[épxerar ἡ Ψενόβαστις els τὸ ὑπερῶιον], ὅθεν τὸ οὖρον κατέχεέν pov: see Rutherford VP Ρ. 66f. Cf also Sy// 35674 (B.c. 6) σὺν τοῖς καταχεομένοις . ἀφεῖναι τὴν γάστραν (‘‘jar”), and the cognate vb. καταχώννυμι (abscondo) in Vett. Val. p. 301° τὸ ἐξελέγξαι ἀλλοτρίας ἐνθυμήσεις μυστικῶς κατακεχωσμένας.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
καταχέω (katacheō) — to pour. καταχέω, [Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist 1 κατέχεα, Epic dialect and Lyric poetry κατέχευα (see. below):—middle, Epic dialect aorist 1 κατεχεύατο [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; infinitive - χέασθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, perfect κατακέχυμαι Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist -εχύθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist passive (frequently in tmesis) κατέχυτο, κατέχυντο, [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—pour down upon, pour over, with dative, κὰδ δέ οἱ ὕδωρ χεῦαν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀντιπάλοις φόνον epigram cited in [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, κὰδ δ᾽ ἄχος οἱ χύτο ὀφθαλμοῖσι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κατὰ.. ὀρόφοισιν αἷμα.. κέχυται Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+] [same place]; δάκρυσι βλέφαρα-χυθέντα E.[same place]; οἱ -χυθέντες [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—also active with genitive, rarely in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔτνος τοὐλατῆρος[Refs 7th c.BC+] —middle, κατὰ τῶν ἱματίων καταχεόμενοι [ἄκρατον] letting it be poured over.., [Refs]:— passive, κατὰ τοῖν κόραιν ὕπνου τι καταχεῖται γλυκύ [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. simply, pour, shower down, χιόνα, νιφάδας ἐπὶ χθονί, [Refs 8th c.BC+] —middle, νότος.. χύσιν κατεχεύατο φύλλων Call.[same place]:—passive, ἴδρως κακχέεται [Refs 7th c.BC+]
2. b throw, cast down, θύσθλα χαμαὶ κατέχευαν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅπλα τε πάντα εἰς ἄντλον κατέχυνθ᾽ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πέπλον μὲν.. κατέχευεν ἐπ᾽ οὔδει let the robe fall upon the floor, [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—middle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χαίταν let fall, [Refs]
5. with metaphorically, κοινολογίας.. ἡδονὴν -χεούσης [Refs 1st c.BC+]
3. passive, to be poured over the ground, be there in heaps, ὁ χῶρος, ἐν ᾧ αἱ ἄκανθαι [τῶν ὀφίων] κατακεχύαται [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of persons, to be spread, dispersed, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. cause to flow, run, [χρυσὸν] ἐς πίθους τήξας κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] —middle, χρυσὸν καταχέασθαι to have it melted down, [Refs]