3961. pateó
Strong's Lexicon
pateó: To tread, to trample, to walk

Original Word: πατέω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: pateó
Pronunciation: pä-teh'-o
Phonetic Spelling: (pat-eh'-o)
Definition: To tread, to trample, to walk
Meaning: I tread, trample upon.

Word Origin: From a primary word (path, a path or way)

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often associated with the concept of treading or trampling is דָּרַךְ (darak), Strong's Hebrew 1869, which also means to tread or march.

Usage: The Greek verb "pateó" primarily means to tread or trample underfoot. It conveys the action of walking or stepping on something, often with the implication of dominance or destruction. In the New Testament, it is used both literally and metaphorically to describe physical walking or the act of overcoming and subduing.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Greek culture, the act of treading or trampling was often associated with conquest and victory. To tread upon something symbolized authority and control. In the context of the New Testament, this imagery would resonate with the audience's understanding of power dynamics, both in a physical and spiritual sense.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from patos (trodden)
Definition
to tread or tread on
NASB Translation
trampled under (1), tread (1), tread under foot (1), treads (1), trodden (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3961: πατέω

πατέω, πάτω; future πατήσω; passive, present participle πατουμενος; 1 aorist ἐπατήθην; from Pindar, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Plato down; the Sept. for דָּרַך, etc.; to tread, i. e., a. to trample, crush with the feet: τήν ληνόν, Revelation 14:20; Revelation 19:15 (Judges 9:27; Nehemiah 13:15; Jeremiah 31:33 (); Lamentations 1:15).

b. to advance by setting foot upon, tread upon: ἐπάνω ὄφεων καί σκορπίων καί ἐπί πᾶσαν τήν δύναμιν τοῦ ἐχθροῦ, to encounter successfully the greatest perils from the machinations and persecutions with which Satan would fain thwart the preaching of the gospel, Luke 10:19 (cf. Psalm 90:13 ()).

c. to tread underfoot, trample on, i. e. treat with insult and contempt: to desecrate the holy city by devastation and outrage, Luke 21:24; Revelation 11:2 (from Daniel 8:13); see καταπατέω. (Compare: καταπατέω, περιπατέω, ἐμπεριπατέω

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
tread under foot.

From a derivative probably of paio (meaning a "path"); to trample (literally or figuratively) -- tread (down, under foot).

see GREEK paio

Forms and Transliterations
επατηθη επατήθη ἐπατήθη επάτησαν επάτησε επάτουν πατει πατεί πατεῖ πατειν πατείν πατεῖν πατείτε πάτημα πατήσαι πατήση πατήσουσι πατησουσιν πατήσουσιν πατουμενη πατουμένη πατούντας πατούντες πατούσιν epatethe epatēthē epatḗthe epatḗthē patei pateî patein pateîn patesousin patēsousin patḗsousin patoumene patoumenē patouméne patouménē
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Englishman's Concordance
Luke 10:19 V-PNA
GRK: ἐξουσίαν τοῦ πατεῖν ἐπάνω ὄφεων
NAS: you authority to tread on serpents
KJV: unto you power to tread on serpents
INT: authority to tread upon serpents

Luke 21:24 V-PPM/P-NMS
GRK: Ἰερουσαλὴμ ἔσται πατουμένη ὑπὸ ἐθνῶν
NAS: and Jerusalem will be trampled under foot by the Gentiles
KJV: shall be trodden down of
INT: Jersualem will be trodden down by [the] Gentiles

Revelation 11:2 V-FIA-3P
GRK: τὴν ἁγίαν πατήσουσιν μῆνας τεσσεράκοντα
NAS: to the nations; and they will tread under foot the holy
KJV: city shall they tread under foot forty
INT: holy will they trample upon months forty

Revelation 14:20 V-AIP-3S
GRK: καὶ ἐπατήθη ἡ ληνὸς
NAS: press was trodden outside
KJV: the winepress was trodden without
INT: and was trodden the winepress

Revelation 19:15 V-PIA-3S
GRK: καὶ αὐτὸς πατεῖ τὴν ληνὸν
NAS: of iron; and He treads the wine
KJV: he treadeth the winepress
INT: and he treads the press

Strong's Greek 3961
5 Occurrences


ἐπατήθη — 1 Occ.
πατήσουσιν — 1 Occ.
πατεῖ — 1 Occ.
πατεῖν — 1 Occ.
πατουμένη — 1 Occ.

















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