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To vote against

καταφέρωStrong’s G2702

katapherō

Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament

In short

Katapherō is the Greek word usually translated “overpowered”, “having been overpowered” and “presenting”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.

“And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.”
Acts 20:9 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “overpowered”, “having been overpowered” and “presenting”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • overpowered 1
  • having been overpowered 1
  • presenting 1
  • i cast against 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Acts 3

1 book in all.

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Greek dictionary

καταφέρω katapherō · to vote against

κατα-φέρω [in LXX for יָרַד hi., etc. ;] to bring down: αἰτιώματα, Act.25:7; ψῆφον, to cast a ballot, Act.26:10; pass., to be borne down: ὕπνῳ, ἀπὸ τ. ὕ., Act.20:9.† (AS)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

PRES'ENT, adjective

s as z. [Latin proesens; proe and sum, esse, to be.]

  1. Being in a certain place; opposed to absent.
  2. Being before the face or near; being in company.“These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you” John 14:25
  3. Being now in view or under consideration.
  4. Now existing, or being at this time; not past or future; as the present session of congress.
All definitions and other forms of “present”
  1. Ready at hand; quick in emergency; as present wit.
  2. Favorably attentive; not heedless; propitious.
  3. Not absent of mind; not abstracted; attentive.

PRES'ENT, noun

That which is presented or given; a gift; a donative; something given or offered to another gratuitously; a word of general application.

    PRESENT', verb transitive

    [Low Latin proesento; Latin proesens; proe, before, and sum, esse, to be.]

    1. To set, place or introduce into the presence or before the face of a superior, as to present an envoy to the king; and with the reciprocal pronoun, to come into the presence of a superior.“Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord” Job 1:6
    2. To exhibit to view or notice.
    3. To offer; to exhibit.
    4. To give; to offer gratuitously for reception.
    5. To put into the hands of another in ceremony.
    6. To favor with a gift; as, we present a man with a suit of clothes.
    7. To nominate to an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution.
    8. To offer.
    9. To lay before a public body for consideration, as before a legislature, a court of judicature, a corporation, etc.; as, to present a memorial, petition, remonstrance or indictment.
    10. To lay before a court of judicature as an object of inquiry; to give notice officially of a crime or offense.
    11. To point a weapon, particularly some species of fire-arms; as, to present a musket to the breast of another; in manual exercise, to present arms.
    12. To indict; a customary use of the word in the United Stats.

    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.