Lexical Summary kataponeō: to wear down Original Word: καταπονέωTransliteration: kataponeō Phonetic Spelling: (kat-ap-on-eh'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to wear down Meaning: to wear down Strong's Concordance oppress, vex. From kata and a derivative of ponos; to labor down, i.e. Wear with toil (figuratively, harass) -- oppress, vex. see GREEK kata see GREEK ponos Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2669: καταπονέωκαταπονέω, καταπόνω: present passive participle καταπονουμενος; properly, to tire down with toil, exhaust with labor; hence, to afflict or oppress with evils; to make trouble for; to treat roughly: τινα, in passive, Acts 7:24; 2 Peter 2:7 (R. V. sore distressed). (3Macc. 2:2, 13; Hippocrates, Theophrastus, Polybius, Diodorus, Josephus, Aelian, others.) |
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