Lexical Summary katapateō: to tread down Original Word: καταπατέωTransliteration: katapateō Phonetic Spelling: (kat-ap-at-eh'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to tread down Meaning: to tread down Strong's Concordance trample, tread underfoot. From kata and pateo; to trample down; figuratively, to reject with disdain -- trample, tread (down, underfoot). see GREEK kata see GREEK pateo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2662: καταπατέωκαταπατέω, καταπάτω; future καταπατήσω (Matthew 7:6 L T Tr WH); 1 aorist κατεπάτησα; passive, present καταπατοῦμαι; 1 aorist κατεπατήθην; "to tread down (see κατά, III. 1), trample under foot": τί and τινα, Matthew 5:13; Matthew 7:6; Luke 8:5; Luke 12:1 (Herodotus and following; the Sept.); metaphorically, like the Latinconculco, to trample on equivalent to to treat with rudeness and insult, 2 Macc. 8:2, etc.; cf. Grimm on 1 Maccabees, p. 61 (where its use to denote desecration is illustrated); to spurn, treat with insulting neglect: τόν υἱόν, τοῦ Θεοῦ, Hebrews 10:29; ὁρκια, Homer, Iliad 4, 157; τούς νόμους, Plato, legg. 4,714 a.; τά γράμματα, Gorgias, p. 484 a.; τούς λόγους, Epictetus 1, 8, 10; τά ῤήματα μου, Job 6:3 Aq. |
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