καταπραΰνω
soothe, calm down
Where this word appears
Every passage where καταπραΰνω appears in the Greek Septuagint — 3 occurrences in all. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text is shown in the LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Psalms 82:2 καταπραΰνω For behold, your enemies have made a noise; and they that hate you have lifted up the head.
- Psalms 88:10 καταπραΰνω You have brought down the proud as one that is slain; and with the arm of your power you have scattered your enemies.
- Proverbs 15:18 καταπραΰνω A passionate man stirs up strife; but he that is slow to anger appeases even a rising one. A man slow to anger will extinguish quarrels; but an ungodly man rather stirs them up.
About this word
About this word
καταπραΰνω (katapraý̈nō), “soothe, calm down,” is a word from the Greek Septuagint — the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament. It does not occur in the Greek New Testament, so it carries no Strong’s number from Thayer’s (New-Testament) lexicon; the gloss shown here is a curated modern-English sense rather than a Strong’s definition. It appears 3 times across the Septuagint — open the Appearances tab to read it in context.
The gloss above is Lemma’s own curated sense — this word carries no Strong’s number, so no lexicon we ship has an entry for it. The transliteration and this passage list are computed here from the tagged Septuagint text. What Lemma adds →
