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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: βυθίζω

(Strong's #1036 — Verb — buthizo — boo-thid'-zo )

"to plunge into the deep, to sink" (buthos, "bottom, the deep, the sea"), akin to bathos, "depth," and abussos, "bottomless," and Eng., "bath," is used in Luke 5:7 of the "sinking" of a boat; metaphorically in 1 Timothy 6:9 , of the effect of foolish and hurtful lusts, which "drown men in destruction and perdition." See SINK.

2: καταπίνω

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

lit., "to drink down" (pino, "to drink," prefixed by kata, "down"), signifies "to swallow up" (RV, in Hebrews 11:29 , for AV, "were drowned"). It is elsewhere translated by the verb "to swallow, or swallow up," except in 1 Peter 5:8 , "devour." See DEVOUR , No. 3, SWALLOW.

3: καταποντίζω

(Strong's #2670 — Verb — katapontizo — kat-ap-on-tid'-zo )

"to throw into the sea" (kata, "down," pontos, "the open sea"), in the Passive Voice, "to be sunk in, to be drowned," is translated "were drowned," in Matthew 18:6 , AV (RV, "should be sunk"); elsewhere in Matthew 14:30 , "(beginning) to sink." See SINK.

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