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G2702

καταφέρω

katapherō

Verb · From κατά (G2596) and φέρω (G5342) (including its alternate)

From G2596 and G5342 (including its alternate); to bear down, i.e. (figuratively) overcome (with drowsiness); specially, to cast a vote:—fall, give, sink down.

Outline

  1. to bear down, bring down, cast down
    1. to cast a pebble or calculus into the urn
      1. to give one's vote, to approve
    2. to be born down, to sink, (from the window to the pavement)
    3. metaph.
      1. to be weighted down by, overcome, carried away
      2. to sink into sleep, drop asleep

Usages

Acts 20:9

And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.

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Acts 26:10

Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.

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