Definition

to trample down; figuratively, to reject with disdain

Etymology

from G2596 (κατά) and G3961 (πατέω);

Word family

• κατά katá
• πατέω patéō

How the KJV renders it

• trample
• tread (down
• underfoot)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.