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To sink

βυθίζωStrong’s G1036

buthizō

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Buthizō is the Greek word usually translated “sinking” and “plunge”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.”
1 Timothy 6:9 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “sinking” and “plunge”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • sinking 1
  • plunge 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Luke 1
  • 1 Timothy 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

βυθίζω buthizō · to sink

βυθίζω (βυθός), [in LXX: 2Ma.12:4 * ;] trans., to cause to sink, to sink: metaphorically, εἰς ὄλεθρον, 1Ti.6:9; pass., to sink, intrans.: Luk.5:7.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “sink” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

SINK, verb intransitive

preterit tense sunk; participle passive id. The old preterit tense sank is nearly obsolete.

  1. To fall by the force of greater gravity, in a medium or substance of less specific gravity; to subside; opposed to swim or float. Psalms 69:2
  2. To fall gradually.
  3. To enter or penetrate into any body.
  4. To fall; to become lower; to subside or settle to a level.
All definitions and other forms of “sink”
  1. To be overwhelmed or depressed.
  2. To enter deeply; to be impressed. Luke 9:44“Let these sayings sink down into your ears” Luke 9:44
  3. To become deep; to retire or fall within the surface of any thing; as, the eyes sink into the head.
  4. To fall; to decline; to decay; to decrease.
  5. To fall into rest or indolence; as, to sink away in pleasing dreams.
  6. To be lower; to fall; as, the price of land will sink in time of peace.

SINK, verb transitive

  1. To put under water; to immerse in a fluid; as, to sink a ship.
  2. To make by digging or delving; as, to sink a pit or a well.
  3. To depress; to degrade.
  4. To plunge into destruction.
  5. To cause to fall or to be plunged.
  6. To bring low; to reduce in quantity.
  7. To depress; to overbear; to crush.
  8. To diminish; to lower or lessen; to degrade.
  9. To cause to decline or fail.
  10. To suppress; to conceal; to intervert.
  11. To depress to lower in value or amount.
  12. To reduce; to pay; to diminish or annihilate by payment; as, to sink the nation debt.
  13. To waste; to dissipate; as, to sink an estate.

SINK, noun

  1. A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes.
  2. A kind of bason of stone or wood to receive filthy water.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.