Word Summary
bathynō: to deepen
Original Word: βαθύνωTransliteration: bathynō
Phonetic Spelling: (bath-oo'-no)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to deepen
Meaning: to deepen
Strong's Concordance
deep.
From bathus; to deepen -- deep.
see GREEK bathus
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 900: βαθύνωβαθύνω: (impf
ἐβαθυνον); (
βαθύς);
to make deep:
Luke 6:48, where
ἔσκαψε καί ἐβάθυνε is not used for
βαθέως ἔσκαψε, but
ἐβάθυνε expresses the continuation of the work (he dug and
deepened i. e.
went deep); cf.
Winers Grammar, § 54, 5. (In Greek writings from
Homer down.)