Lexical Summary bythizō: to sink, to cause to sink Original Word: βυθίζωTransliteration: bythizō Phonetic Spelling: (boo-thid'-zo) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to sink, to cause to sink Meaning: to sink, to cause to sink Strong's Concordance begin to sink, drown. From buthos; to sink; by implication, to drown -- begin to sink, drown. see GREEK buthos Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1036: βυθίζωβυθίζω; (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, Luke 5:7; metaphorically, τινα εἰς ὄλεθρον (A. V. drown), 1 Timothy 6:9. |
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