Quick Definition
I deepen
Strong's Definition
to deepen
Derivation: from G901 (βαθύς);
KJV Usage: deep
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
βαθύνω: (impf ἐβαθυνον); (βαθύς); to make deep: Luk_6:48, where ἔσκαψε καί ἐβάθυνε is not used for βαθέως ἔσκαψε, but ἐβάθυνε expresses the continuation of the work (he dug and deepened i. e. went deep); cf. Winers Grammar, § 54, 5. (In Greek writings from Homer down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
βαθύνω bathunō 1x
to deepen, excavate, Luk_6:48
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
βαθύνω
( < βαθύς ),
[in LXX for H6009 : Psa_92:5 Jer_49:8 ; Jer_49:30 * ;]
to deepen: Luk_6:48 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
βαθύνω [page 101]
For this verb = go deep, as in Luk_6:48 , we can only point to Philo I. 248, 15 (cited in Sophocles Lex. s.v. ); see Radermacher Gr. p. 19, for other solitary instances of transitive verbs used intransitively.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
βαθύνω [Etym: βαθύς] "to deepen, hollow out", of a torrent, Il. : "to dig deep", NTest. as military term, "to deepen", τὴν φάλαγγα Xen.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
βαθύνω
(βαθύς), [in LXX for עמד: Psa.91 (92):5, Jer.29 (49):8 30(49)30 * ;]
to deepen: Luk.6:48.†
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