Strong’s G2670 · Greek
καταποντίζω
katapontízō · kat-ap-on-tid'-zo
Origin from κατά (G2596) and a derivative of the same as Πόντος (G4195);
Meaning to plunge down, i.e. submerge
In the King James Version drown, sink.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Matthew 14:30But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
- Matthew 18:6But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.