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The verb katapateō (trample) in the Bible
(Translation from NRSV for the New Testament and Brenton for the Septuagint with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)
Matthew
5: 13 | "You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown out and trampled (katapateō) under foot. |
7: 6 | "Do not give what is holy to dogs; and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample (katapateō) them under foot and turn and maul you. |
Luke
8: 5 | "A sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell on the path and was trampled (katapateō) on, and the birds of the air ate it up. |
12: 1 | Meanwhile, when the crowd gathered by the thousands, so that they trampled (katapateō) on one another, he began to speak first to his disciples, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, that is, their hypocrisy. |
Hebrews
10: 29 | How much worse punishment do you think will be deserved by those who have trampled (katapateō) the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant by which they were sanctified, and outraged the Spirit of grace? |
Judges (LXX)
5: 21 | The brook of Kison swept them away, the ancient brook, the brook Kison: my mighty soul will trample (katapateō) him down. |
9: 27 | And they went out into the field, and gathered their grapes, and trod (katapateō) them, and made merry; and they brought the grapes into the house of their god, and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech. |
20: 43 | (Codes Alexandrinus) And they cut down Benjamin, to stop him with a stopping, and they trampled (katapateō) him down until opposite Gabaa from the east. |
Amos (LXX)
4: 1 | Hear ye this word, ye heifers of the land of Basan that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, and trample (katapateō) on the needy, which say to their masters, Give us that we may drink. |
5: 11 | Therefore because they have trampled (katapateō) the poor with their fists, and ye have received of them choice gifts; ye have built polished houses, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted desirable vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine of them. |
5: 12 | For I know your many transgressions, and your sins are great, trampling (katapateō) on the just, taking bribes, and turning aside the judgment of the poor in the gates. |
Ezekiel (LXX)
26: 11 | With the hoofs of his horses they shall trample (katapateō) all thy streets: he shall slay thy people with the sword, and shall bring down to the ground the support of thy strength. |
32: 2 | Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharao king of Egypt, and say to him, Thou art become like a lion of the nations, and as the serpent that is in the sea: and thou didst make assaults with thy rivers, and didst disturb the water with thy feet, and didst trample (katapateō) thy rivers. |
32: 13 | And I will destroy all her cattle from beside the great water; and the foot of man shall not trouble it any more, and the step of cattle shall no more trample (katapateō) it. |
34: 18 | And is it not enough for you that ye fed on the good pasture, that ye trampled (katapateō) with your feet the remnant of your pasture? and that ye drank the standing water, that ye disturbed the residue with your feet? |
Isaiah (LXX)
10: 6 | I will send my wrath against a sinful nation, and I will charge my people to take plunder and spoil, and to trample (katapateō) the cities, and to make them dust. |
16: 4 | fugitives of Moab shall sojourn with thee; they shall be to you a shelter from the face of the pursuer: for thine alliance has been taken away, and the ruler who was trampling (katapateō) the earth has perished |
16: 8 | The plains of Esebon shall mourn, the vine of Sebama: swallowing up the nations, trample (katapateō) ye her vines, even to Jazer: ye shall not come together; wander ye in the desert: they that were sent are deserted, for they have gone over to the sea. |
16: 9 | Therefore will I weep as with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sebama; Esebon and Eleale have cast down thy trees; for I will trample (katapateō) on thy harvest and on thy vintages, and all thy plants shall fall. |
18: 2 | He sends messengers by the sea, and paper letters on the water: for swift messengers shall go to a lofty nation, and to a strange and harsh people. Who is beyond it? a nation not looked for, and trodden (katapateō) down. |
18: 7 | In that time shall presents be brought to the Lord of hosts from a people afflicted and peeled, and from a people great from henceforth and for ever; a nation hoping and yet trodden (katapateō) down, which is in a part of a river of his land, to the place where is the name of the Lord of hosts, the mount Sion. |
25: 10 | God will give rest on this mountain, and the country of Moab shall be trodden (katapateō) down, as they tread the floor with waggons. |
28: 3 | The crown of pride, the hirelings of Ephraim, shall be beaten (katapateō) down with the hands and with the feet. |
28: 28 | for I will not be wroth with you for ever, neither shall the voice of my anger crush (katapateō) you. |
41: 25 | But I have raised up him that comes from the north, and him that comes from the rising of the sun: they shall be called by my name: let the princes come, and as potter's clay, and as a potter treading (katapateō) clay, so shall ye be trodden (katapateō) down. |
63: 3 | I am full of trodden (katapateō) grape, and of the nations there is not a man with me; and I trampled (katapateō) them in my fury, and dashed them to pieces as earth, and brought down their blood to the earth. |
63: 6 | And I trampled (katapateō) them in mine anger, and brought down their blood to the earth. |
63: 18 | that we may inherit a small part of thy holy mountain, our adversaries have trampled (katapateō) down your holy precinct. |
Job (LXX)
39: 15 | and has forgotten that the foot will scatter them, and the wild beasts of the field trample (katapateō) them. |
Malachi (LXX)
3: 21 | And ye shall trample (katapateō) the wicked; for they shall be ashes underneath your feet in the day which I appoint, saith the Lord Almighty. |
Zechariah (LXX)
12: 3 | And it shall come to pass in that day that I will make Jerusalem a trodden (katapateō) stone to all the nations: every one that tramples (katapateō) on it shall utterly mock at it, and all the nations of the earth shall be gathered together against it. |
Psalms (LXX)
7: 6 | Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; and let him trample (katapateō) my life on the ground, and lay my glory in the dust. Pause. |
55: 2 | Have mercy upon me, O God; for man has trodden (katapateō) me down; all the day long he warring has afflicted me. |
55: 3 | Mine enemies have trodden (katapateō) me down all the day from the dawning of the day; for there are many warring against me |
56: 4 | He sent from heaven and saved me; he gave to reproach them that trampled (katapateō) on me: God has sent forth his mercy and his truth; |
90: 13 | Thou shalt tread on the asp and basilisk: and thou shalt trample (katapateō) on the lion and dragon. |
138: 11 | When I said, Surely the darkness shall trample (katapateō) me; even the night was light in my luxury. |
1 Samuel (LXX)
14: 48 | And he wrought valiantly, and smote Amalec, and rescued Israel out of the hand of them that trampled (katapateō) on him. |
17: 53 | And the men of Israel returned from pursuing after the Philistines, and they trampled (katapateō) their camp. |
23: 1 | And it was told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines war in Keila, and they rob, they trample (katapateō) on the threshing floors |
2 Chronicles (LXX)
25: 18 | And Joas king of Israel sent to Amasias king of Juda, saying, The thistle that was in Libanus sent to the cedar that was in Libanus, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife; but, behold, the wild beasts of the field that are in Libanus shall come: and the wild beasts did come, and trod (katapateō) down the thistle. |
Daniel (LXX: Old Greek version)
7: 7 | But after this, I was watching in a vision by night a terrifying fourth beast, and the fear of i twas surpassing in strength. It had great iron teeth, devouring and pounding; it was trampling (katapateō) with its feet round about, and it behaved differently from all the beasts before it, and it had ten horns. |
7: 19 | Then I wanted to learn accurately concerning the fourth beast, which was different from all others and extremely terrible. And lo, its teeth were iron, and its claws were bronze, consuming all round about and trampling (katapateō) with the feet. |
8: 10 | And it was raised unto the stars of the sky. And it was thrown down upon the eearth from the stars and was trodden (katapateō) upon by them. |
1 Maccabees (LXX)
3: 45 | Now Jerusalem was laid void as a wilderness, there was none of her children that went in or out: the sanctuary also was trodden (katapateō) down, and aliens kept the strong hold; the heathen had their habitation in that place; and joy was taken from Jacob, and the pipe with the harp ceased. |
3: 51 | For thy sanctuary is trodden (katapateō) down and profaned, and thy priests are in heaviness, and brought low. |
4: 60 | At that time also they builded up the mount Sion with high walls and strong towers round about, lest the Gentiles should come and tread (katapateō) it down, as they had done before. |
2 Maccabees (LXX)
8: 2 | And they called upon the Lord, that he would look upon the people that was trodden (katapateō) down of all; and also pity the temple profaned of ungodly men; |
3 Maccabees (LXX)
2: 18 | We have trampled (katapateō) upon the holy house, as idolatrous houses are trampled (katapateō) upon. |
6: 21 | They turned back the animals upon the armed forces which followed them; and the animals trod (katapateō) them down, and destroyed them. |
Psalms of Solomon (LXX)
2: 2 | Foreign nations went up to your altar; in pride they trampled (katapateō) it with their sandals, |
2: 19 | For the nations reviled Ierousalem, trampling (katapateō) her down; he dragged down her beauty from the throne of glory. |
17: 22 | And gird him with strength to shatter in pieces unrighteous rulers, to purify Ierousalem from nations that trample (katapateō) her down in destruction. |
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