Quick Definition
βαθύνω v. I deepen
Strong's Definition
from 901; to deepen
KJV Usage: deep
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | βάθος · βαθύς
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
βαθύνω : [impf. ἐβάθυνον] ; (βαθύς) ; to make deep : Lk. vi. 48, where ἔσκαψε καὶ ἐβάθυνε is not used for βαθέως ἔσκαψε, but ἐβάθυνε expresses the continuation of the work, [he dug and deepened i. e. went deep]; cf. W. § 54, 5. (In Grk. writ. fr. Hom. down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
βαθύνω bathunō 1x
to deepen, excavate, Lk. 6:48*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
βαθύνω
(< βαθύς), [in LXX for עמד: Ps 91 (92):5, Je 29 (49):8 30(49):30*;]
to deepen: Lk 6:48.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
βαθύνω. For this verb = “go deep,” as in Lk 648, we can only point to Philo I. 248, 15 (cited in Sophocles Lex. s.v.) ; see Radermacher Gy. p. 19, for other solitary instances of transitive verbs used intransitively.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
βαθύνω (bathunō) — to dig deep. βᾰθύνω:— passive, pluperfect βεβάθυστο [Refs 4th c.AD+]: (βαθύς):— deepen, hollow out, βάθυνε δὲ χῶρον ἅπαντα, of a torrent, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔσκαψε καὶ ἐβάθυνε dug and dug deep, [NT]; ἐβάθυνε πέδον ταρσῷ, of a dog, [Refs 1st c.AD+]: especially as military term, deepen, τὴν φάλαγγα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, become deep, be deepened, λίμνη β. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; νάσως βαθυνομένας ἀπὸ ῥιζᾶν, of Delos, [Refs 6th c.AD+]; of a deep wound, [Refs 4th c.AD+]; βαθυνομέναις χερσί in or with the hollowed hands, [Refs]
2. in Mathematics texts, add a third dimension, β. τὰ ἐπίπεδα [Refs 5th c.AD+] in R.2.52 K.,[Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, κυκλικῶς βαθυνθέντες [Refs 6th c.AD+]
II. intransitive, sink deep, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; sink, crumble, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.2. metaphorically, go deeply into a subject, βαθύνας θεωρῆσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]