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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: καταπίνω

(Strong's #2666 — Verb — katapino — kat-ap-ee'-no )

"to drink down" (kata, and pino, "to drink"), "to swallow," is used with this meaning (a) physically, but figuratively, Matthew 23:24; Revelation 12:16; (b) metaphorically, in the Passive Voice, of death (by victory), 1 Corinthians 15:54; of being overwhelmed by sorrow, 2 Corinthians 2:7; of the mortal body (by life), 2 Corinthians 5:4 . See DEVOUR , No. 3, DROWN, No. 2.

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Swallow'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​s/swallow.html. 1940.
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