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Strong's #2702: kataphero (pronounced kat-af-er'-o)

from 2596 and 5342 (including its alternate); to bear down, i.e. (figuratively) overcome (with drowsiness); specially, to cast a vote:--fall, give, sink down.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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katapherō

1) to bear down, bring down, cast down

1a) to cast a pebble or calculus into the urn

1a1) to give one' s vote, to approve

1b) to be born down, to sink, (from the window to the pavement)

1c) metaphorically

1c1) to be weighted down by, overcome, carried away

1c2) to sink into sleep, drop asleep

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: from G2596 and G5342 (including its alternate)




Usage:

This word is used 3 times:

Acts 20:9: "young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was"
Acts 20:9: "was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down"
Acts 26:10: "and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against"









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