To trample
πατέωStrong’s G3961pateō
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Pateō is the Greek word usually translated “tread”, “trodden down” and “trample upon”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.”
Meaning
Usually translated “tread”, “trodden down” and “trample upon”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- to tread 1
- trodden down 1
- they will trample upon 1
- was trodden 1
- treads 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 3
- Luke 2
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 21:24And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
- Revelation 11:2But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
- Revelation 14:20And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
- Revelation 19:15And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
Greek dictionary
πατέω pateō · to trample
πατέω, -ῶ [in LXX for דָּרַךְ, etc. ;] 1. intrans., to tread, walk: before ἐπάνω ὄφεων κ.τ.λ. (figuratively), Luk.10:19 (cf. Psa.91:13). 2. Trans., to tread on, trample: τ. ληνόν, Rev.14:20 19:15 (cf. Jdg.9:27, La 1:15, al.); of the desecration of Jerusalem by its enemies, Luk.21:24, Rev.11:2 (cf. κατα-, περι-, ἐν-περι-πατέω).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “trample” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TRAM'PLE, verb transitive
- To tread under foot; especially, to tread upon with pride, contempt, triumph or scorn.“Neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet” Matthew 7:6
- To tread down; to prostrate by treading; as, to trample grass.
- To treat with pride, contempt and insult.
All definitions and other forms of “trample”
TRAM'PLE, verb intransitive
To tread in contempt.
- To tread with force and rapidity.
TRAM'PLE, noun
The act of treading under foot with contempt.
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.