Word study · Greek

bythízō

drown

Say it: boo-THID-zo (approximate)

βυθίζω

What it means

To sink, to plunge. In 6:9, desires "such as drown men in ruin and destruction"; in Luke 5:7, the boats "began to sink."

Range of meaning

  • SinkGo under.
  • DrownOverwhelm.

In 1 Timothy

  • Chapter 6

    "Such as drown men in ruin and destruction" (6:9).

Every verse (1)

Verses where G1036 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources