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Strong's #2666 - καταπίνω
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- to drink down, swallow down
- to devour
- to swallow up, destroy
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καταπίνω [ῑ],
fut. -πίομαι Ar. Eq. 693, later -πιοῖμαι Plu. Alc. 15: aor. κατέπιον IG 4.951.102 (Epid.); poet. κάππιον Hes. Th. p.45 R.: pf. -πέπωκα Ar. Av. 1137: —
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1. gulp, swallow down, both of liquids and solids (οὐδ' ἐν τῷ καταπίνειν ἦν πάντως τὸ πίνειν Ph. 1.478), τοὺς μὲν κατέπινε Κρόνος (sc. υἱούς) Hes. Th. 459, cf. 467, E. Cyc. 219; ὁ τροχίλος.. καταπίνει τὰς βδέλλας Hdt. 2.68, cf. 70; τεμάχη Ar. Nu. 338; λίθους Id. Av. l. c.; [ κίχλας ] Pherecr. 108.24; [ μάζας ] Telecl. 1.5; of the sea, μὴ ναῦν κατὰ κῦμα πίῃ Thgn. 680, cf. Arist. Pr. 931b39 (Pass.); τὸ στόμα [ τῆς γῆς ] -πίεται αὐτούς LXX Numbers 16:30 : — Pass., τὸ -ποθὲν ὕδωρ (sc. by the earth) Pl. Criti. 111d; of rivers that disappear underground, Arist. Mete. 351a1; ὑφ' ἅμμου D.S. 1.32; of cities swallowed by an earthquake, Str. 1.3.17; πόλις καταποθεῖσα ὑπὸ τῆς θαλάττης Plb. 2.41.7.
2. abs., swallow, μόλις καταπίνειν δύνηται Hp. Aph. 4.35, cf. Gal. Nat.Fac. 3.6.
II
1. metaph., τὸν ἡμίοπον ὁ μέγας [ αὐλὸς ] κ. A. Fr. 91; καταπιοῦνται ὑμᾶς οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι Plu. Alc. 15: — Pass., to be absorbed, of knots in wood, Thphr. HP 5.2.2; τῆς -πεπομένης ὑπ' αὐτοῦ φύσεως Dam. Proverbs 10:1-32. κ. Εὐριπίδην drink in Euripides, i.e. imbibe his spirit, Ar. Ach. 484, Luc. JTr. 1: — Pass., τὸ τεχνίον ἀεὶ τοῦτό μοι κατεπίνετο Antid. 2.4. swallow, absorb, τὰς τέχνας Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.257 (Pass.); but, swallow one's anger, ib. 242.
2. swallow up, consume, [the robe] ἐρίων τάλαντον καταπέπωκε ῥᾳδίως Ar. V. 1147; ὁ δικαστὴς αὐτὰ [the revenue] καταπίνει μόνος Id. Ra. 1466; τὸν ναύκληρον αὐτῷ σκάφει κ. Anaxil. 22.19; τι Men. Epit. 151.
3. spend, waste in tippling, [ τὴν οὐσίαν ] οὐ μόνον κατέφαγεν, ἀλλὰ.. καὶ κατέπιεν Aeschin. 1.96, cf. D.C. 45.28.
καταπίνω; 2 aorist κατέπιον; 1 aorist passive κατεπόθην; (from Hesiod and Herodotus down); properly, to drink down, swallow down: Matthew 23:24; Revelation 12:16; to devour, 1 Peter 5:8 (here Tr καταπιεῖν by mistake; (see πίνω, at the beginning)); to swallow up, destroy, passive, 1 Corinthians 15:54; 2 Corinthians 5:4; Hebrews 11:29; tropically, λύπη καταποθῆναι, to be consumed with grief, 2 Corinthians 2:7.
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κατα -πίνω ,
[in LXX chiefly for H1104;]
1. to drink down, swallow: Matthew 23:24, Revelation 12:16.
2. to devour: 1 Peter 5:8. Metaph., to swallow up, consume: pass., 1 Corinthians 15:54 (LXX), 2 Corinthians 2:7; 2 Corinthians 5:4, Hebrews 11:29.†
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
For this verb in its literal sense see the magic P Lond I 46.302 (iv/A.D.) (= I. p. 74) ἐὰν δέ τις αὐτῶν μὴ καταπίῃ τὸ δοθὲν αὐτῷ κτλ., 121.366 (iii/A.D.) (= I. p. 96) ὁ καταπεπωκὼς του (l. τὸν) ὄφιν, and Syll 802.102 (iii/B.C.) κατέπιε δ᾽ αὐτὰ. . ἐγ κυκᾶνι. With the use in 1 Corinthians 15:54 we may compare P Leid Vii. 5 (iii/iv A.D.) ἔφ ]θασε τὸ πῦρ ἐπὶ τὰ εἴδωλα τὰ μέγιστα, καὶ κ [α ]τεπειέτω (l. κατεπίετο ὁ) οὐρανός.
[Supplemental from 1930 edition]
With use in 1 Corinthians 15:54 cf. P Oxy XVII. 2074.54 (v/A.D.).
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