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Strong's #2616 - καταδυναστεύω

Transliteration

katadynasteúō

Phonetics

kat-ad-oo-nas-tyoo'-o

Origin

from (2596) and a derivative of (1413)

Parts of Speech

Verb

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer's

to exercise harsh control over one, to use one's power against one
to oppress one

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 559 ‑ אָמַר (aw‑mar'); 1234 ‑ בָּקַע (baw‑kah'); 2388 ‑ חָזַק (khaw‑zak'); 3228 ‑ יָמִינִי (yem‑ee‑nee'); 3533 ‑ כָּבַשׁ (kaw‑bash'); 3803 ‑ כָּתַר (kaw‑thar'); 5375 ‑ נָסָה (naw‑saw', naw‑saw'); 5647 ‑ עָבַד (aw‑bad'); 6184 ‑ עָרִיץ (aw‑reets'); 6231 ‑ עָשַׁק (aw‑shak'); 7533 ‑ רָצַץ (raw‑tsats'); 7673 ‑ שָׁבַת (shaw‑bath');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (3)

Acts

James

HCS ( 0 )

HCS (2)

Acts

James

BSB (2)

Acts

James

ESV (2)

Acts

James

WEB (3)

Acts

James

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

καταδῠναστ-εύω,

1. oppress, τινα LXX Exodus 1:13,al.; τοὺς πτωχοὺς ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς ib. Amos 8:4 : metaph., δέδοικα μὴ πλοῦτός με -εύσῃ X. Smp. 5.8; τινος D.S. 13.73, James 2:6 : abs., Str. 16.1.26, Ph. 1.421, Plu. 2.367d: — Pass., to be oppressed, PPetr. 3p.74 (iii B.C.), LXX Nehemiah 5:5, D.S. 37.8; ὑπό τινος Str. 6.2.4; ὑπὸ τοῦ διαβόλου Acts 10:38; ταῦτα -εύετο ἕκαστα these districts were under their several rulers, Str. 7.7.8.

2. get control, abs., of mutineers, Ps.- Ptol. Centil. 56.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

κατα -δυναστεύω ,

[in LXX for H3238, H6231, etc.;]

to exercise power over, oppress: c. acc pers. (Xen.; LXX, Micah 2:2, Wisdom of Solomon 2:10, al.); c. gen. pers., James 2:6 (ὑμᾶς , T); pass., Acts 10:38 (cf. MM, Exp., xv).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

The rather generalized use of this verb in Acts 10:38 is illustrated by P Petr III. 36 (a) verso.2 (Ptol.) πολλάκ [ις ] σοι γέγραφα διότι καταδεδυνάστευ ᵒμαι (sic– the writer wished to change the tense) ἐν τῆι θυλ [α ]κῆι λιμῶι παραπολλύμενος, ";I have often explained to you in writing why I am being harshly treated in the prison, perishing from hunger"; : though the agent in Acts l.c. is the devil, the reference is to the physical sufferings attributed to possession.

For the verb of men in authority misusing their power, as in James 2:6 (cf. Wisdom of Solomon 2:10; Wisdom of Solomon 15:14; Wisdom of Solomon 17:2), see also P Oxy I. 67.15 (A.D. 338) where, in a dispute concerning property, the petitioner complains—καταδυναστεύοντες ἐπέχουσιν τῶν ἡμῖν διαφερόντων οἰκοπέ [δω ]ν, ";certain persons are oppressing me and occupying my own estates.";

List of Word Forms

καταδεδυνάστευνται καταδυναστεύει καταδυναστεύειν καταδυναστεύετε καταδυναστεύομεν καταδυναστευόμεναι καταδυναστευομενους καταδυναστευομένους καταδυναστεύοντας καταδυναστεύοντες καταδυναστεύουσαι καταδυναστευουσιν καταδυναστεύουσιν καταδυναστεύσαι καταδυναστεύσας καταδυναστεύση καταδυναστεύσητε καταδυναστεύσω καταδύσει καταδύσεις καταδύσεται καταδύσωσιν καταθλάσθαι καταθύμια καταθύμιον καταιγίδι καταιγίδος καταιγίδων καταιγίς κατεδυνάστευον κατεδυνάστευσα κατεδυνάστευσαν κατεδυνάστευσας κατεδυνάστευσε κατεδυνάστευσεν κατέδυσαν κατεθάρσησεν κατέθλασα katadunasteuomenous katadunasteuousin katadynasteuomenous katadynasteuoménous katadynasteuousin katadynasteúousin

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