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To pour

καταχέωStrong’s G2708

katacheō

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Katacheō is the Greek word usually translated “poured” and “poured on”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.”
Matthew 26:7 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • poured 1
  • she poured on 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Matthew 1
  • Mark 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

καταχέω katacheō · to pour

κατα-χέω [in LXX for יָצַק, נָטָה, עָטָה hi. ;] to pour down upon: with genitive (cl.), Mrk.14:3; before ἐπί, with genitive, Mat.26:7.† (AS)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

POUR, verb transitive

  1. To throw, as a fluid in a stream, either out of a vessel, or into it; as, to pour water from a pail, or out of a pail; to pour wine into a decanter. pour is appropriately but not exclusively applied to fluids, and signifies merely to cast or throw, and this sense is modified by out, from, in, into, against, on, upon, under, etc.“I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh” Joel 2:28
  2. To emit; to send forth in a stream or continued succession.
  3. To send forth; as, to pour out words, prayers or sighs; to pour out the heart or soul. Psalms 62:8
  4. To throw in profusion or with overwhelming force.“I will shortly pour out my fury on thee” Ezekiel 7:8
All definitions and other forms of “pour”

    POUR, verb intransitive

    To flow; to issue forth in a stream, or continued succession of parts; to move or rush, as a current. The torrent pours down from the mountain, or along the steep descent.

    1. To rush in a crowd or continued procession.

    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.