2630. katakrémnizó
Strong's Lexicon
katakrémnizó: To throw down, to cast down headlong

Original Word: κατακρημνίζω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: katakrémnizó
Pronunciation: kat-ak-ram-NID-zo
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-ak-rame-nid'-zo)
Definition: To throw down, to cast down headlong
Meaning: I cast down headlong, throw over a precipice.

Word Origin: From the Greek preposition "κατά" (kata, meaning "down") and "κρημνός" (kremnos, meaning "a precipice" or "cliff").

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for κατακρημνίζω, the concept of being cast down or falling can be related to Hebrew words such as "נָפַל" (naphal, Strong's H5307), meaning "to fall" or "to be cast down."

Usage: The verb κατακρημνίζω is used to describe the act of forcefully throwing or casting someone or something down from a high place, such as a cliff or precipice. It conveys a sense of violent action and intent to cause harm or destruction.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient times, casting someone down from a high place was a method of execution or punishment. It was a dramatic and public way to demonstrate the power of the ruling authorities or to exact vengeance. The imagery of being thrown down from a height also symbolized a fall from power or grace, a theme prevalent in both Greek and Jewish thought.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from kata and krémnos
Definition
to throw over a precipice
NASB Translation
throw...down the cliff (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2630: κατακρημνίζω

κατακρημνίζω: 1 aorist infinitive κατακρημνίσαι; to cast down a precipice; to throw down headlong: Luke 4:29. (2 Chronicles 25:12; 2 Macc. 14:48; 4 Macc. 4:25; Xenophon, Cyril 1, 4, 7; 8, 3, 41; Demosthenes 446, 11; Diodorus 4, 31; (Philo de agric. Noë § 15); Josephus, Antiquities 6, 6, 2; 9, 9, 1.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
cast down headlong.

From kata and a derivative of kremnos; to precipitate down -- cast down headlong.

see GREEK kata

see GREEK kremnos

Forms and Transliterations
κατακρημνισαι κατακρημνίσαι κατεκρήμνιζον katakremnisai katakremnísai katakrēmnisai katakrēmnísai
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Englishman's Concordance
Luke 4:29 V-ANA
GRK: αὐτῶν ὥστε κατακρημνίσαι αὐτόν
NAS: in order to throw Him down the cliff.
KJV: they might cast him down headlong.
INT: of them in order to thrown over him

Strong's Greek 2630
1 Occurrence


κατακρημνίσαι — 1 Occ.

















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