Words the Bible translates as overwhelmed
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- katapinōκαταπίνωto swallow: to take something down so completely that it is gone, whether gulped as food, engulfed by sea or earth, or consumed and destroyed.
- ekplēssōἐκπλήσσωto be overwhelmed with astonishment: knocked out of one's normal composure by something too big to take in
- aphaphאָפַףto surround and close in on someone from every side, until they are trapped or overwhelmed
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