καταφέρωkataphérō
GreekG27023 occurrences (KJV)
to bear down, i.e. (figuratively) overcome (with drowsiness); specially, to cast a vote
KJV renders it: fall, give, sink down
Where it appears(showing the first 2 of 3)
- Acts 20:9A certain young man named Eutychus sat in the window, weighed down with deep sleep. As Paul spoke still longer, being weighed down by his sleep, he fell down from the third floor, and was taken up dead.
- Acts 26:10This I also did in Jerusalem. I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, and when they were put to death I gave my vote against them.
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.