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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
καταφέρω
Greek transliteration: 
katapherō
Simplified transliteration: 
kataphero
Principal Parts: 
-, κατήνεγκα, -, -, κατηνέχθην
Numbers
Strong's number: 
2702
GK Number: 
2965
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
4
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
cv-1c(1)
Gloss: 
to cast (a vote) against; to bring (charges); (pass.) to be overwhelmed (by sleep)
Definition: 
to bear down; to overpower, as sleep, Acts 20:9; καταφέρειν ψῆφον, to give a vote or verdict, Acts 26:10; to bring charges, Acts 25:7*

Greek-English Concordance for καταφέρω

Acts 20:9 And a young man, named Eutychus, sitting on the window ledge, was sinking (katapheromenos | καταφερόμενος | pres pass ptcp nom sg masc) into a deep sleep as Paul continued to speak on and on. Overcome (katenechtheis | κατενεχθείς | aor pass ptcp nom sg masc) by sleep, he fell from the third floor and was picked up for dead.
Acts 25:7 When he arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing (katapherontes | καταφέροντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) many and serious charges against (katapherontes | καταφέροντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) him, which they were not able to prove.
Acts 26:10 And I did so in Jerusalem; not only did I lock up in prison many of the saints, after receiving authority from the chief priests, and when they were put to death I cast (katēnenka | κατήνεγκα | aor act ind 1 sg) my vote against (katēnenka | κατήνεγκα | aor act ind 1 sg) them.