Psalms 69:2
I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
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Sink
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Luke 9:44
Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.
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טָבַע
ṭâbaʻ · taw-bah'
2 times translated as this KJV form10 total Strong's occurrences
to sink
Strong's KJV usage: drown, fasten, settle, sink.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 69:2Strong's last: Psalms 69:14
Open full H2883 profile →βυθίζω
bythízō · boo-thid'-zo
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
to sink; by implication, to drown
Strong's KJV usage: :--begin to sink, drown.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 5:7Strong's last: Luke 5:7
Open full G1036 profile →καταποντίζω
katapontízō · kat-ap-on-tid'-zo
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
to plunge down, i.e. submerge
Strong's KJV usage: :--drown, sink.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 14:30Strong's last: Matthew 14:30
Open full G2670 profile →τίθημι
títhēmi · tith'-ay-mee
1 times translated as this KJV form103 total Strong's occurrences
to place (in the widest application, literally and figuratively; properly, in a passive or horizontal posture, and thus different from G2476, which properly denotes an upright and active position, while G2749 is properly reflexive and utterly prostrate)
Strong's KJV usage: :--+ advise, appoint, bow, commit, conceive, give, X kneel down, lay (aside, down, up), make, ordain, purpose, put, set (forth), settle, sink down.
Strong's first: Luke 9:44Strong's last: Luke 9:44
Open full G5087 profile →שָׁקַע
shâqaʻ · shaw-kah'
1 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
to subside; by implication, to be overflowed, cease; causatively, to abate, subdue
Strong's KJV usage: make deep, let down, drown, quench, sink.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Jeremiah 51:64Strong's last: Jeremiah 51:64
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H2883
I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
H2883
Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
H8257
And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
G2670
But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
G1036
And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink.
G5087
Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.
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sink
SINK, verb intransitive preterit tense sunk; participle passive id. The old preterit tense sank is nearly obsolete.
1. To fall by the force of greater gravity, in a medium or substance of less specific gravity; to subside; opposed to swim or float. Some species of wood or timber will sink in water. Oil will not sink in water and many other liquids, for it is specifically lighter. I sink in deep mire. Psalms 69:2.
2. To fall gradually. He sunk down in his chariot, II Kings 9.
3. To enter or penetrate into any body. The stone sunk into his forehead. I Sam. 17.
4. To fall; to become lower; to subside or settle to a level. The Alps and Pyrenees sink before him.
5. To be overwhelmed or depressed. Our country sinks beneath the yoke.
6. To enter deeply; to be impressed. Let these sayings sink down into your ears. Luke 9:44.
7. To become deep; to retire or fall within the surface of any thing; as, the eyes sink into the head.
8. To fall; to decline; to decay; to decrease. A free state gradually sinks into ruin. It is the duty of government to revive a sinking commerce. Let not the fire sink or slacken.
9. To fall into rest or indolence; as, to sink away in pleasing dreams.
10. To be lower; to fall; as, the price of land will sink in time of peace.
SINK, verb transitive
1. To put under water; to immerse in a fluid; as, to sink a ship.
2. To make by digging or delving; as, to sink a pit or a well.
3. To depress; to degrade. His vices sink him in infamy, or in public estimation.
4. To plunge into destruction. If I have a conscience, let it sink me.
5. To cause to fall or to be plunged.
6. To bring low; to reduce in quantity. You sunk the river with repeated draughts.
7. To depress; to overbear; to crush. This would sink the spirit of a hero.
8. To diminish; to lower or lessen; to degrade. I mean not that we should sink our figure out of covetousness.
9. To cause to decline or fail. Thy cruel and unnat'ral lust of power has sunk thy father more than all his years.
10. To suppress; to conceal; to intervert. If sent with ready money to buy any thing, and you happen to be out of pocket, sink the money, and take up the goods on account. [Unusual.]
11. To depress to lower in value or amount. Great importations may sink the price of goods.
12. To reduce; to pay; to diminish or annihilate by payment; as, to sink the nation debt.
13. To waste; to dissipate; as, to sink an estate.
SINK, noun
1. A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes.
2. A kind of bason of stone or wood to receive filthy water.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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