UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Inflections: καταφέρω; aor.; κατήνεγκα; καταφέρω; aor.pass.ptc.; κατενεχθείς

Related lemmas: φέρω

Sense 1: to bring against, to cause to happen to, to bring about

Semantic entry: 13.133

Semantic domains: Be, Become, Exist, Happen

Subdomains: Happen

Definition: to cause something adverse to happen to someone, usually in connection with accusations or condemnations

ACT 25:7: RV ACT 25:7 · LV ACT 25:7 · Read together ACT 25:7

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OET-RV ACT 25:7

7 When he arrived, the Yehudim (Jews) who’d come from Yerushalem stood facing Paulos and presented many heavy charges which they weren’t able to prove.

OET-LV ACT 25:7

7 And of _him having _arrived, the Youdaiōns having _come _down from Hierousalaʸm stood _around him, bringing _against many and heavy charges, which they _were_ not _able to _demonstrate,

Sense 2: to vote against

Semantic entry: 30.103

Semantic domains: Think

Subdomains: To Choose, To Select, To Prefer

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to bring a pebble against someone, a reference to a white or black pebble used in voting for or against someone) to make known one’s choice against someone

Collocations: καταφέρω ψῆφον

ACT 26:10: RV ACT 26:10 · LV ACT 26:10 · Read together ACT 26:10

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OET-RV ACT 26:10

10 So in Yerushalem I worked to have many of these innocent believers locked up in prison with the authority of the chief priests, or if they were to be killed, I would add my vote against them.

OET-LV ACT 26:10

10 Which also I _did in Hierousalaʸm, and many both of _the holy ones I locked _up in prisons, having _received the authority from the chief _priests, and of _them being _killed, I _brought_ a_vote _against them.

Sense 3: to be sound asleep, to be completely asleep

Semantic entry: 23.71

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Sleep, Waking

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to be carried away from sleep) to be in a state of deep sleep

Notes: See καταφέρω [source selector 000003][d] 23.68: καταφέρω and its footnote.

Forms: καταφέρομαι[a]

Collocations: καταφέρομαι ἀπὸ τοῦ ὕπνου

ACT 20:9: RV ACT 20:9 · LV ACT 20:9 · Read together ACT 20:9

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9 Now there was a young man named Eutukos who was sitting on the window sill, and as Paulos went on, he fell asleep and toppled down from the third storey. The ones who reached him first thought he was dead,

OET-LV ACT 20:9