Quick Definition
I cause to sink, sink
Strong's Definition
to sink; by implication, to drown
Derivation: from G1037 (βυθός);
KJV Usage: begin to sink, drown
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
βυθίζω; (present passive βυθίζομαι); (βυθός, which see); to plunge into the deep, to sink: ὥστε βυθίζεσθαι αὐτά, of ships (as Polybius 2, 10, 5; 16, 3, 2 (Aristotle, Diodorus, others)), so that they began to sink, Luk_5:7; metaphorically, τινα εἰς ὄλεθρον (A. V. drown), 1Ti_6:9.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
βυθίζω bythizō 2x
to immerse, submerge, cause to sink, Luk_5:7 ;
to plunge deep, drown, 1Ti_6:9
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** βυθίζω
( < βυθός ),
[in LXX : 2Ma_12:4 * ;]
trans., to cause to sink, to sink: metaph ., εἰς ὄλεθρον , 1Ti_6:9 ; pass ., to sink , intrans .: Luk_5:7 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
βυθίζω [page 118]
The figurative use in 1Ti_6:9 may be illustrated by Syll 324 .7 (i/B.C.) συνεχέσι πολέμοις καταβυθισθ [ε ]ῖ [σαν τὴν πόλιν . See also Alciphron I. 16, 1 (= Schepers, p. 19) τὸ νῆφον ἐν ἐμοὶ συνεχῶς ὑπὸ τοῦ πάθους βυθίζεται (cited by Dibelius HZNT ad 1Ti_6:9 ).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
βυθίζω [Etym: βυθός] "to sink" a ship: metaph. "to sink or ruin" men, NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
βυθίζω
(βυθός), [in LXX: 2Ma.12:4 * ;]
trans., to cause to sink, to sink: metaphorically, εἰς ὄλεθρον, 1Ti.6:9; pass., to sink, intrans.: Luk.5:7.†
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