G3961: πατέω (patéō)

G3961 πατέω (patéō)

Greek

Quick Definition

πατέω v. I tread, trample upon

Strong's Definition

from a derivative probably of 3817 (meaning a "path"); to trample (literally or figuratively)

KJV Usage: tread (down, under foot)

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

πατέω (G3961)

verb | ἐμπεριπατέω · καταπατέω · περιπατέω

15.226 · Linear Movement · Walk, Step

to step on, to tread on to step on something It is possible to interpret πατέω in LUK 10:19 as meaning ‘to trample,’ with emphasis upon the impact of the feet upon the snakes (see 19.51). It is important in rendering LUK 10:19 not to give the impression that someone is to merely walk on a mass of snakes; this is simply a matter of accidentally stepping on a poisonous snake or scorpion.

LUK 10:19

19.51 · Physical Impact · Press

to trample to step down on, with the possible implication of continuous or repeated action The occurrence of πατέω in the figurative context of REV 19:15 is based upon the practice of persons squeezing out the juice from grapes by trampling on the grapes in a large vat or container which had an opening at the bottom through which the grape juice could flow.

REV 14:20 · REV 19:15

20.22 · Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill · Harm, Wound

to trample on, to subdue by force (a figurative extension of meaning of πατέω[b] ‘to trample,’ 19.51) to harm severely by subjugation For another interpretation of πατέω in LUK 21:24, see 39.54.

LUK 10:19 · LUK 21:24 · REV 11:2

39.54 · Hostility, Strife · Conquer

to conquer, to tread down (a figurative extension of meaning of πατέω[b] ‘to trample,’ 19.51) to conquer and keep under subjection For another interpretation of πατέω in LUK 21:24, see 20.22.

LUK 21:24

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

πατέω, -@; fut. πατήσω ; Pass., pres. ptep. marovpevos; 1 aor. éxarnOnv; fr. Pind., Aeschyl., Soph., Plat. down; Sept. for 14, ete. ; to tread, i. e. a. to trample, crush with the feet: τὴν ληνόν, Rev. xiv. 20; xix. 15, (Judg. ix. 27; Neh. xiii.15; Jer. xxxi. (xlviii.) 33; Lam.i.15). b. to advance by setting foot upon, tread upon: ἐπάνω ὄφεων καὶ σκορπίων καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν δύναμιν τοῦ ἐχθροῦ, to encounter successfully the greatest perils from the machinations and persecutions with which Satan would fain thwart the preaching of the gospel, Lk. x. 19 (cf. Ps. xe. (xci.) 13). ce. to tread under foot, trample on, i. 6. treat with insult and contempt: to desecrate the holy city by devastation and outrage, Lk. xxi. 24; Rev. xi. 2, (fr. Dan. viii. 13); see καταπατέω. [COMP.: κατα-, περι-, ἐμ-περιmaréw. |

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

πατέω pateō 5x

intrans. to tread, Lk. 10:19; trans. to tread the winepress, Rev. 14:20; 19:15; to trample, Lk. 21:24; Rev. 11:2*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

πατέω, -ῶ,,

[in LXX for דּרךְ, etc.;]

intrans., to tread, walk: seq. ἐπάνω ὄφεων κ.τ.λ. (fig.), Lk 10:19 (cf. Ps 90 (91):13).

Trans., to tread on, trample: τ. ληνόν, Re 14:20 19:15 (cf. Jg 9:27, La 1:15, al.); of the desecration of Jerusalem by its enemies, Lk 21:24, Re 11:2 (cf. κατα-, περι-, ἐν-περι-πατέω).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

πατέω. For the intrans. use of this verb ‘‘tread,’’ ‘* walk,’’ we may cite the new fragment of an uncanonical gospel, P Oxy V. 840, where a Pharisee is represented as saying to the Saviour in the temple," τίς ἐπέτρεψέν σοι πατί εἶν] τοῦτο τὸ ἁγνευτήριον. .. τίόπον ὄν]τα καθαρόν, ὃν οὐδεὶς ἄϊλλος εἰ μὴ] λουσάμενος καὶ ἀλλάξας τὰ ἐνδύ]ματα πατεῖ ; “*who gave thee leave to walk in this place of purification, which is a pure place, wherein no other man walks except he has washed himself and changed his garments ν᾿ (Edd.). The trans. use ‘‘tread on,” ‘‘ trample,” is seen in such passages as P Flor II. 150° (A.D. 267) πατῆσαι τὰ ἐν τῷ αἰγιαλῷ θέρη, ‘‘to tread the crops in the sand,” P Oxy VI. 988 (A.D. 224) τὴν δὲ κριθὴν καλῶς πεπατημένην χωρὶς δίσης καὶ ἀθέρος. The verbal is common, e.g. BGU 11. τοι (A.D. 56-57) and P Flor III. 369}? (a. Ὁ. 139(149)) φοίνικος ξηροῦ πατητοῦ, ‘‘dry pressed dates.” For the subst. πατητής (ca/cator), “‘ one who treads grapes with the feet,” cf. BGU IV. 10394 (Byz.): in P Oxy VIII. 1142 (late iii/A.D.) πάτημα is a kind of fodder, see the editor’s note. The metaph. use of the verb is fully illustrated by Headlam Herodas, p. 392.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

πατέω (pateō) — to trample. πᾰτ-έω, Delph. βᾰτέω [Refs 1st c.AD+]; Aeolic dialect μάτημι [ᾰ] [Refs 7th c.BC+]: (πάτος):— tread, walk, π. ὁδοῖς σκολιαῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑψοῦ π. walk on high, of a king, [NT+5th c.BC+]:—passive, οἱ ἔχεις πατηθέντες [Refs 3rd c.AD+]

II. transitive, tread on, tread, πόας τέρεν ἄνθος μάτεισαι [Refs 7th c.BC+]; χῶρος οὐχ ἁγνὸς πατεῖν holy ground, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τὸν ἁδὺν οἶνον ἀπ᾽ ἀμπέλω tread grapes, Hybrias[LXX+NT+2nd c.AD+]; also, thresh corn, π. τὰ θέρη [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; κριθὴν καλῶς πεπατημένην [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; π. ἐκ τοῦ χόρτου σπέρματα [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II.2. walk in, i.e. dwell in, frequent, Λῆμνον πατῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; rarely of vehicles, τὰ μὴ πατέουσιν ἅμαξαι [Refs]. frequent, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὐδ᾽ Αἴσωπονπεπάτηκας hast not thumbed Aesop, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸν Τεισίαν.. πεπάτηκας ἀκριβῶς you have studied him carefully, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be hackneyed, τῇ ποιητικῇ πεπατῆσθαι [Refs 1st c.BC+]; πεπατημένος well-worn, trite, ῥήσεις, λόγοι, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

II.3. tread under foot, trample on, τινα [NT+5th c.BC+]:—and in passive, τὰ.. δίκαια.. λάγδην πατεῖται [Refs 5th c.BC+]