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To raze

ἐδαφίζωStrong’s G1474

edaphizō

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Edaphizō is the Greek word usually translated “level to the ground”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.”
Luke 19:44 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “level to the ground”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • will level to the ground 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Luke 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    ἐδαφίζω edaphizō · to raze

    ἐδαφίζω (ἔδαφος) [in LXX chiefly for רטשׁ pu. ;] 1. to beat level like a threshing floor (Theophr.). 2. to dash to the ground (Field, Notes, 74): Luk.19:44 (cf. Psa.136(137):9, Hos.14:1). † (AS)

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

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

    RAZE, noun

    A root. [See Race-ginger, under Race.]

      All definitions and other forms of “raze”

        RAZE, verb transitive

        [Latin rasus, rado. See Rase and Erase.]

        1. To subvert from the foundation; to overthrow; to destroy; to demolish; as, to raze a city to the ground.
        2. To erase; to efface; to obliterate.
        3. To extirpate.

        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.