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G1931 ἐπιδύω (epidýō)

Greek
Verb
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Quick Definition

ἐπιδύω v. I sink, set

Strong's Definition

to set fully (as the sun)

Derivation: from G1909 (ἐπί) and G1416 (δύνω);

KJV Usage: go down

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

verb | δύνω

15.114 · Linear Movement · Come/Go Down, Descend

to go down, to go down upon to go down or to sink down, especially of the sun in relationship to some event or state In a number of languages it may seem very strange to speak of ‘the sun going down upon one’s anger.’ A more natural and more meaningful equivalent may be ‘do not be angry all day long’ or ‘do not be angry even until sundown.’

EPH 4:26

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἐπιδύω; to go down, set (of the sun): Eph_4:26, on which see ἐπί, B. 2 e. (Deu_24:17 (15); Jer_15:9; (Philo de spec. legg. 28); and with tmesis, Homer, Iliad 2, 413.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἐπιδύω epidyō 1x

to set upon, to set during, Eph. 4:26*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἐπι-δύω

[in LXX: De 24:15, Jos 8:29, Je 15:9 (בּוֹא)* ;]

to go down, set (of the sun): Eph 4:26.†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἐπιδύω (epiduō) — to set. ἐπιδύω (ἐπιδρομ-δύνω [ῡ] [Refs 4th c.AD+], aorist 2 ἐπέδυν, set upon or so as to interrupt an action, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁ ἥλιος μὴ ἐ. ἐπὶ [LXX+1st c.AD+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ἐπι-δύω [in LXX: Deu.24:15, Jos.8:29, Jer.15:9 (בּוֹא)* ;] to go down, set (of the sun): Eph.4:26.† (AS)

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