What does καταφέρω (kataphérō) mean in the Bible?
καταφέρω (kataphérō) is a Greek word meaning "to vote against".
Greek · G2702
καταφέρω
To vote against
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καταφέρω G2702
Pronunciation kataphérō
What does καταφέρω (kataphérō) mean in the Bible?
καταφέρω (kataphérō) is a Greek word meaning "to vote against".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2702?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include bringing (1), I cast my vote against [them] (1), was sinking into (1), When he was sound (1).
Where does καταφέρω (kataphérō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 20:9. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (4).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It bringing 1× Acts 25:7
I cast my vote against [them] 1× Acts 26:10
was sinking into 1× Acts 20:9
When he was sound 1× Acts 20:9
Show sample aligned rows
Acts 20:9 καταφερόμενος to was sinking into Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular Acts 20:9 κατενεχθεὶς to When he was sound Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular Acts 25:7 καταφέροντες to bringing Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural Acts 26:10 κατήνεγκα to I cast my vote against [them] Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 20:9
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 1
Acts 4
Source forms
καταφερόμενος 1x katapheromenos Acts 20:9
καταφέροντες 1x katapherontes Acts 25:7
κατενεχθεὶς 1x katenechtheis Acts 20:9
κατήνεγκα 1x katēnenka Acts 26:10
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular 1x Acts 26:10
Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Acts 20:9
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Acts 25:7
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Acts 20:9
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to vote against
Source Gloss
to vote against
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 20:9 Verb Present Passive Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
καταφερόμενος kataferomenov
I bring down, oppress
Read verse Acts 20:9 Verb Aorist Passive Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
κατενεχθεὶς katenecqeiv
I bring down, oppress
Read verse Acts 26:10 Verb First Person Singular Aorist Active Indicative
κατήνεγκα kathnegka
I bring down, oppress
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 4 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 2 aorist 2
Voice
passive 2 active 2
Mood
participle 3 indicative 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
καταφέρω is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain