What does טָבַע · καταποντίζω mean in the Bible?
טָבַע · καταποντίζω is a Hebrew phrase meaning "to sink down into mud or water".
Hebrew · H2883, G2670
טָבַע
To sink · to sink
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טָבַע H2883 to sink
Pronunciation ṭābaʿ
To sink downward into liquid or earth; often used of drowning or being submerged irretrievably
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καταποντίζω G2670 to sink
Pronunciation katapontízō
To sink or drown, often with sense of being overwhelmed or destroyed in judgment.
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What does טָבַע (taba) mean in the Bible?
טָבַע · καταποντίζω is a Hebrew phrase meaning "to sink down into mud or water".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H2883, G2670?
H2883, G2670 is connected to 10 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. to sink down into mud or water
Source Gloss
to sink down into mud or water
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 3 Aligned forms 8
Hophal causative passive — the subject is caused to perform the action 3×
Perfect Jer 38:22 · Job 38:6 · Prov 8:25 3×
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 4×
Perfect Lam 2:9 · Ps 9:16 · Ps 69:3 3×
Cohortative Ps 69:15 1×
Pual intensive passive — intensive action received by the subject 1×
Perfect Exod 15:4 1×
Word Origins
טָבַע is a primitive root - no further derivation.
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