Lexical Summary kataklyzō: to inundate Original Word: κατακλύζωTransliteration: kataklyzō Phonetic Spelling: (kat-ak-lood'-zo) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to inundate Meaning: to inundate Strong's Concordance overflow, flood, inundateFrom kata and the base of kludon; to dash (wash) down, i.e. (by implication) to deluge -- overflow. see GREEK kata see GREEK kludon Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2626: κατακλύζωκατακλύζω: 1 aorist passive participle κατακλυσθείς; from (Pindar, Herodotus), Aeschylus down; to overwhelm with water, to submerge, deluge, (cf. κατά, III. 4): 2 Peter 3:6. (the Sept. several times for שָׁטַף.) |