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Lexicon :: Strong's G1687 - embateuō

Aa
ἐμβατεύω
Transliteration
embateuō (Key)
Pronunciation
em-bat-yoo'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἐν (G1722) and a presumed derivative of the base of βάσις (G939)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
2x in 1 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:535,232

Strong’s Definitions

ἐμβατεύω embateúō, em-bat-yoo'-o; from G1722 and a presumed derivative of the base of G939; equivalent to G1684; to intrude on (figuratively):—intrude into.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G1687 in the following manner: intrude into (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G1687 in the following manner: intrude into (1x).

  1. to enter, to frequent, haunt

    1. often of the gods frequenting favourite sports

    2. often to come into possession of a thing

    3. to invade, make hostile incursion into

  2. to enter

    1. to go into details in narrating

    2. to investigate, search into, scrutinise minutely

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐμβατεύω embateúō, em-bat-yoo'-o; from G1722 and a presumed derivative of the base of G939; equivalent to G1684; to intrude on (figuratively):—intrude into.
STRONGS G1687:
ἐμβατεύω (see ἐν, III. 3); (ἐμβάτης stepping in, going in); to enter;
1. properly: πόλιν, Euripides, El. 595; πατρίδος, Sophocles O. T. 825; εἰς τό ὄρος, Josephus, Antiquities 2, 12, 1; to frequent, haunt, often of gods frequenting favorite spots, as νῆσον, Aeschylus Pers. 449; τῷ χωρίῳ, Dionysius Halicarnassus, Antiquities 1, 77; often to come into possession of a thing; thus εἰς ναῦν, Demosthenes, p. 894, 7 (6 Dindorf); τήν γῆν, Joshua 19:51 the Sept.; to invade, make a hostile incursion into, εἰς with accusative of place, 1 Macc. 12:25, etc.
2. tropically (cf. German eingehen);
a. to go into details in narrating: absolutely 2 Macc. 2:30.
b. to investigate, search into, scrutinize minutely: ταῖς ἐπιστημαις, Philo, plant. Noë § 19; ἅ μή ἑώρακε ἐμβατεύων, things which he has not seen, i. e. things denied to the sight (cf. 1 John 4:20), Colossians 2:18 — where, if with G L (in the small edition, but in the major edition it was reinserted, yet in brackets) T Tr WH Huther, Meyer, we expunge μή, we must render, going into curious and subtile speculation about things which he has seen in visions granted him; but cf. Baumg.-Crusius at the passage and Winer's Grammar, § 55, 3 e.; (also Reiche (critical commentary), Bleek, Hofm., others, defend the μή. But see Tdf. and WH. ad loc., and Lightfoots 'detached note'; cf. Buttmann, 349 (300). Some interpret (conceitedly) taking his stand on the things which etc.; see under 1); Phavorinus ἐμβατεῦσαι. ἐπιβῆναι τά ἔνδον ἐξερευνησαι ἤ σκοπησαι; (similarly Hesychius 2293, vol. ii., p. 73, Schmidt edition, cf. his note; further see references in Suidas, col. 1213 d.).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Joshua
19:51
Colossians
2:18
1 John
4:20

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Strong's Number G1687 matches the Greek ἐμβατεύω (embateuō),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the TR Greek.

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