King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1036
Transliteration: 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
βυθίζω; (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.
Word 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.