To oppress
καταδυναστεύωStrong’s G2616katadunasteuō
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Katadunasteuō is the Greek word usually translated “being oppressed” and “are oppressing”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.”
Meaning
Usually translated “being oppressed” and “are oppressing”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- being oppressed 1
- are oppressing 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 1
- James 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
καταδυναστεύω katadunasteuō · to oppress
κατα-δυναστεύω [in LXX for יָנָה, עָשַׁק, etc. ;] to exercise power over, oppress: with accusative of person(s) (Xen.; LXX, Mic.2:2, Wis.2:10, al.); with genitive of person(s), Jas.2:6 (ὑμᾶς, T); pass., Act.10:38 (cf. MM, Exp., xv).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.