κατεπόθην

κατεπόθην s. καταπίνω.

καταπίνω

gulp: aor ind pass 3rd pl (epic doric aeolic)

καταπίνω

gulp: aor ind pass 1st sg

καταπίνω fut. καταπίομαι (LXX; En 101:5); 2 aor. κατέπιον. Pass.: 1 aor. κατεπόθην; pf. 3 sg. καταπέποται (AcPlCor 2:29) (s. πίνω; Hes., Hdt.+; Ion of Chios Fgm. 31 L. of Heracles’ voracious appetite) in our lit. freq. in imagery, used both of liquids and solids

① to drink down, swallow, swallow up τὶ someth., in imagery (of the earth, that drinks up water Pla., Critias 111d; Diod S 1, 32, 4) ἤνοιξεν ἡ γῆ τὸ στόμα αὐτῆς καὶ κατέπιεν τὸν ποταμόν Rv 12:16 (Philostephanus Hist. [III B.C.], Fgm. 23 [ed. CMüller III 1849 p. 32 ποταμὸς ὑπὸ γῆς καταπίνεται; Simplicius in Epict. p. 95, 35; cp. Num 16:30, 32). Δαθὰν καὶ Ἀβιρὼν καὶ Κόρε, πῶς … κατεπόθησαν ἅπαντες GJs 9:2 (cp. Num 16:32). τὴν κάμηλον κ. Mt 23:24 (Just., D. 112, 4; on the camel s. κώνωψ.)

② to destroy completely, in the figure of one devouring or swallowing someth.

ⓐ devour (Hes., Theog. 459 υἱούς. Of animals that devour Tob 6:2; Jon 2:1; Jos., Ant. 2, 246; Ath. 34, 2) Ἰωνᾶς … εἰς κῆτος καταπέποται AcPlCor 2:29; the devil like a lion ζητῶν τίνα καταπιεῖν 1 Pt 5:8 (Damasc., Vi. Isid. 69 ὁ λέων καταπίνει τὸν ἄνθρωπον).

ⓑ of water, waves, swallow up (Polyb. 2, 41, 7 πόλις καταποθεῖσα ὑπὸ τ. θαλάσσης; Diod S 18, 35, 6; 26, 8; En 101:5; Philo, Virt. 201) pass. be drowned (Ex 15:4 v.l. κατεπόθησαν ἐν ἐρυθρᾷ θαλάσσῃ) Hb 11:29.—Transferred to mental and spiritual states (cp. Philo, Gig. 13, Deus Imm. 181) μή πως τ. περισσοτέρᾳ λύπῃ καταποθῇ so that he may not be overwhelmed by extreme sorrow 2 Cor 2:7 (TestAbr B 12 p. 117, 4 [Stone p. 82]).

③ to cause the end of someth., swallow up fig. (cp. PGM 12, 44 κατέπιεν ὁ οὐρανός; Ps 106:27; Philo, Leg. All. 3, 230; TestJud 21:7) pass. τὸ θνητὸν ὑπὸ τῆς ζωῆς what is mortal may be swallowed up in life 2 Cor 5:4. ὁ θάνατος εἰς νῖκος death has been swallowed up in victory (after Is 25:8; s. also κέντρον 1 and ARahlfs, ZNW 20, 1921, 183f) 1 Cor 15:54.—M-M. TW.