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Strong's G2616 καταδυναστεύω (katadynasteuo)

Katadynasteuo means “oppress” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2616 — chacad (“shew self merciful”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2616
Language Greek
Linked Usages 33
Books 19

Strong's G2616 Quick Answer

Strong's G2616 καταδυναστεύω (katadunasteuo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. katadunasteuo (kat-ad-oo-nas-tyoo'-o) v. 1. to exercise dominion against, i.e. oppress [from G2596 and a derivative of G1413] It has 33 linked Bible usages across 19 books. Visible English usage signals include oppress. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
katadunasteuo (kat-ad-oo-nas-tyoo'-o) v. 1. to exercise dominion against, i.e. oppress [from G2596 and a derivative of G1413]
Usage
33 linked usages
Books
19 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
oppress

Meaning and Definition

katadunasteuo (kat-ad-oo-nas-tyoo'-o) v. 1. to exercise dominion against, i.e. oppress [from G2596 and a derivative of G1413] KJV: oppress Root(s): G2596, G1413

Original Word
καταδυναστεύω
Transliteration
katadunasteuo
Derivation
Root: δυνάστης R1: 2596 R2: 1413
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2616. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to oppress

Usage: κατα-δυναστεύω [in LXX for יָנָה, עָשַׁק, etc. ;] to exercise power over, oppress: with accusative of person(s) (Xen.; LXX, Mic.2:2, Wis.2:10, al.); with genitive of person(s), Jas.2:6 (ὑμᾶς, T); pass., Act.10:38 (cf. MM, Exp., xv).† (AS)

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How Strong's G2616 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render katadunasteuo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

oppress James 2:6

How Strong's G2616 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 26 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2616 (καταδυναστεύω) appears 33 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2616 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2616 in the New Testament

2 indexed usages in New Testament.

Acts 10:38 KJV

How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

James 2:6 KJV

But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?

Strong's G2616 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

26 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Exodus 1:13 Septuagint / Brenton

And the Egyptians tyrannized over the children of Israel by force.

Exodus 21:17 Septuagint / Brenton

Whosoever shall steal one of the children of Israel, and prevail over him and sell him, and he be found with him, let him certainly die.

Deuteronomy 24:7 Septuagint / Brenton

And if a man should be caught stealing one of his brethren of the children of Israel, and having overcome him he should sell him, that thief shall die; so shalt thou remove that evil one from yourselves.

Strong's G2616 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

5 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

2 Maccabees 1:28 Septuagint / Brenton

Punish them that oppress us, and with pride do us wrong.

Wisdom of Solomon 2:10 Septuagint / Brenton

Let us oppress the poor righteous man, Let us not spare the widow, Nor reverence the ancient gray hairs of the aged.

Wisdom of Solomon 15:14 Septuagint / Brenton

And all the enemies of thy people, that hold them in subjection, Are most foolish, and are more miserable than very babes.

Usage Excerpts

First 33 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2616.

Exodus 1:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Egyptians tyrannized over the children of Israel by force.
Exodus 21:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Whosoever shall steal one of the children of Israel, and prevail over him and sell him, and he be found with him, let him certainly die.
Deuteronomy 24:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if a man should be caught stealing one of his brethren of the children of Israel, and having overcome him he should sell him, that thief shall die; so shalt thou remove that evil one from yourselves.
1 Kingdoms 12:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, here am I, answer against me before the Lord and before his anointed: whose calf have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom of you have I oppressed? or whom have I been violent with? or from whose hand have I taken a bribe, even to a sandal? bear witness against me, and I will make restitution to you.
1 Kingdoms 12:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said to Samuel, Thou hast not injured us, and thou hast not oppressed us; and thou hast not afflicted us, and thou hast not taken anything from anyone’s hand.
2 Kingdoms 8:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these King David consecrated to the Lord, with the silver and with the gold which he consecrated out of all the cities which he conquered,
2 Chronicles 21:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and they went up against Judah, and prevailed against them, and took away all the store which they found in the house of the king, and his sons, and his daughters; and there was no son left to him but Ahaziah the youngest of his sons.
Nehemiah 5:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
Jeremiah 7:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and oppress not the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, and go not after strange gods to your hurt:
Jeremiah 22:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
thus saith the Lord; Execute ye judgment and justice, and rescue the spoiled out of the hand of him that wrongs him: and oppress not the stranger, and orphan, and widow, and sin not, and shed no innocent blood in this place.
Jeremiah 27:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord; The children of Israel and the children of Judah have been oppressed: all they that have taken them captive have oppressed them together; for they would not let them go.
Ezekiel 18:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and shall not oppress any man, but shall return the pledge of the debtor, and shall be guilty of no plunder, shall give his bread to the hungry, and clothe the naked;
Ezekiel 18:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and has oppressed the poor and needy, and has committed robbery, and not restored a pledge, and has set his eyes upon idols, has wrought iniquities,
Ezekiel 18:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and has not oppressed a man, and has not retained the pledge, nor committed robbery, has given his bread to the hungry, and has clothed the naked,
Ezekiel 22:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In thee they have reviled father and mother; and in thee they have behaved unjustly toward the stranger: they have oppressed the orphan and widow.
Ezekiel 22:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
That sorely oppress the people of the land with injustice, and commit robbery; oppressing the poor and needy, and not dealing justly with the stranger.
Ezekiel 45:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall have it for a possession in Israel: and the princes of Israel shall no more oppress my people; but the house of Israel shall inherit the land according to their tribes.
Ezekiel 46:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the prince shall by no means take of the inheritance of the people, to oppress them: he shall give an inheritance to his sons out of his own possession: that my people be not scattered, every one from his possession.
Hosea 5:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ephraim altogether prevailed against his adversary, he trod judgment under foot, for he began to go after vanities.
Hosea 12:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As for Canaan, in his hand is a balance of unrighteousness: he has loved to tyrannize.
Amos 4:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Hear ye this word, ye heifers of the land of Bashan that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, and trample on the needy, which say to their masters, Give us that we may drink.
Amos 8:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Hear now this, ye that oppress the poor in the morning, and drive the needy ones by tyranny from the earth,
Micah 2:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they desired fields, and plundered orphans, and oppressed families, and spoiled a man and his house, even a man and his inheritance.
Habakkuk 1:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore the law is frustrated, and judgment proceeds not effectually, for the ungodly man prevails over the just; therefore perverse judgment will proceed.
Zechariah 7:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and oppress not the widow, or the fatherless, or the stranger, or the poor; and let not one of you remember in his heart the injury of his brother.
Malachi 3:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will draw near to you in judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the witches, and against the adulteresses, and against them that swear falsely by my name, and against them that keep back the hireling’s wages, and them that oppress the widow, and afflict orphans, and that wrest the judgment of the stranger, and fear not me, saith the Lord Almighty.
Acts 10:38 New Testament, KJV
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
James 2:6 New Testament, KJV
But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
2 Maccabees 1:28 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Punish them that oppress us, and with pride do us wrong.
Wisdom of Solomon 2:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Let us oppress the poor righteous man, Let us not spare the widow, Nor reverence the ancient gray hairs of the aged.
Wisdom of Solomon 15:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the enemies of thy people, that hold them in subjection, Are most foolish, and are more miserable than very babes.
Wisdom of Solomon 17:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For when unrighteous men thought to oppress the holy nation; They being shut up in their houses, the prisoners of darkness, and fettered with the bonds of a long night, Lay there exiled from the eternal providence.
Wisdom of Sirach 48:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Elijah it was, who was covered with a whirlwind; And Elisha was filled with his spirit: While he lived, he was not moved with the presence of any prince, Neither could any bring him into subjection.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2616, grouped by book.

Exodus 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Malachi 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
James 1 usage, New Testament
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G2616 FAQ

What does katadynasteuo (καταδυναστεύω) mean?

Katadynasteuo (Strong's G2616) is a Greek word most simply glossed "oppress". katadunasteuo (kat-ad-oo-nas-tyoo'-o) v. 1. to exercise dominion against, i.e. oppress [from G2596 and a derivative of G1413]

How many times is katadynasteuo (καταδυναστεύω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 33 linked usages for Strong's G2616 across 19 books.

Where can I study katadynasteuo (καταδυναστεύω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2616 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate katadynasteuo (καταδυναστεύω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as oppress. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2616 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 26 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 5 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2616, with linked reader references where each row is available.