καταπατέω, καταπάτω; future καταπατήσω (Mat_7:6 L T Tr WH); 1 aorist κατεπάτησα; passive, present καταπατοῦμαι; 1 aorist κατεπατήθην; "to tread down (see κατά, III. 1), trample under foot": τί and τινα, Mat_5:13; Mat_7:6; Luk_8:5; Luk_12:1 (Herodotus and following; the Sept.); metaphorically, like the Latinconculco, to trample on equivalent to to treat with rudeness and insult, 2Ma_8:2, etc.; cf. Grimm on 1 Maccabees, p. 61 (where its use to denote desecration is illustrated); to spurn, treat with insulting neglect: τόν υἱόν, τοῦ Θεοῦ, Heb_10:29; ὁρκια, Homer, Iliad 4, 157; τούς νόμους, Plato, legg. 4,714 a.; τά γράμματα, Gorgias, p. 484 a.; τούς λόγους, Epictetus 1, 8, 10; τά ῤήματα μου, Job_6:3 Aq.

καταπατέω katapateō 5x to trample upon, tread down or under feet, Mat_5:13 ; Mat_7:6 ; Luk_8:5 ; Luk_12:1 ; met. to trample on by indignity, spurn, Heb_10:29

κατα -πατέω , -ῶ , [in LXX for H1869 , H7429 , H7602 , etc.;] to tread down, trample under foot: Mat_7:6 , Luk_12:1 ; pass ., Mat_5:13 , Luk_8:5 . Metaph ., τ . υἱὸν τ . θεοῦ , Heb_10:29 .†

καταπατέω [page 331] καταπατέω occurs in the late PSI I.76 .3 (A.D. 574 578) ἡ πίστις . . . τἀναντία καταπατουμένη σαφῶς ἀπεργάζεταὶ Cf. Syll 803 .115 (iii/B.C.) καταπατεῖ (ν ) νιν τοῖς ἵπποις . For the noun see CP Herm I. 7 ii. 7 (ii/A.D. ?) καταπάτησιν ποιήσασθαι χωρίων .

καταπατέω fut. ήσω "to trample down, trample under foot", Thuc. , etc.; κ. ὑσὶ τὸ σπέρμα "to trample down" the seed (i. e. "have" it "trampled down)" by swine, Hdt. : —Pass., id=Hdt. , Thuc. , etc. metaph. in tmesi, κατὰ δ᾽ ὅρκια πιστὰ πάτησαν Il.

κατα-πατέω, -ῶ [in LXX for דָּרַךְ, רָמַס, שָׁאַף, etc. ;] to tread down, trample under foot: Mat.7:6, Luk.12:1; pass., Mat.5:13, Luk.8:5. Metaphorical, τ. υἱὸν τ. θεοῦ, Heb.10:29.† (AS)