Strong's Concordance kataponeó: to wear down Original Word: καταπονέωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: kataponeó Phonetic Spelling: (kat-ap-on-eh'-o) Short Definition: I ill-treat Definition: I exhaust by labor or suffering, wear out, overpower, oppress. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2669: καταπονέωκαταπονέω, καταπόνω: present passive participle καταπονουμενος; properly, to tire down with toil, exhaust with labor; hence, to afflict or oppress with evils; to make trouble for; to treat roughly: τινα, in passive, Acts 7:24; 2 Peter 2:7 ( R. V. sore distressed). (3Macc. 2:2, 13; Hippocrates, Theophrastus, Polybius, Diodorus, Josephus, Aelian, others.) |