ἐδᾰφ-ίζω G1474
To dash to the ground, level to the pavement; to demolish by throwing down, leaving nothing standing
This vivid verb means to level something completely, to dash it to the ground until flat like a pavement. In Luke 19:44, Jesus prophesies that enemies will 'dash you and your children to the ground' within Jerusalem—a devastating image of total destruction. The word originally meant to 'beat level like a floor' (from 'edaphos' = ground/pavement), conveying systematic, thorough demolition. The multilingual evidence (Spanish 'derribarán' = will demolish, French 'raser' = raze) confirms this sense of complete leveling, not mere damage but utter destruction.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Luke 19:44 contains Jesus's stark prophecy about Jerusalem's coming destruction: enemies 'will dash you to the ground.' Spanish 'derribarán' (will knock down) and French 'raser' (raze) capture the totality of demolition. Classical usage confirms the verb meant 'beat level like a floor/pavement' or 'dash to the ground'—not partial damage but complete leveling. The passive form in LXX usage shows this as something suffered, adding to the tragedy of Jesus's lament over the city. 1×
AR["يُدَمِّرونَ-كِ"]·ben["মাটিতে-মিশিয়ে-দেবে"]·DE["ἐδαφιοῦσίν"]·EN["will-dash-to-the-ground"]·FR["raser"]·heb["יִמְחֲצוּ-אוֹתָךְ"]·HI["ज़मीन-पर-पछाड़ेंगे"]·ID["meratakan"]·IT["edaphiousin"]·jav["badhé-ngremuk"]·KO["무너뜨릴-것이다"]·PT["arrasarão"]·RU["разрушат-до-основания"]·ES["te-derribarán"]·SW["watakuangusha"]·TR["yere-serecekler"]·urd["زمین-بوس-کریں-گے"]
Related Senses
H4421 1. war, battle, armed conflict (319×)H0341 1. enemy, adversary, foe (284×)H3898a 1. Nifal: to fight, wage war (167×)H2026 1. kill, slay (active) (146×)H2451 1. wisdom, discernment (146×)H5483b 1. horse (the animal) (138×)H0006 1. to perish, be destroyed (105×)H7843 1. Hifil: destroy, annihilate (83×)H2491a 1. slain, fatally pierced (74×)H6862c 1. adversary, enemy, foe (69×)H8045 1. destroy, exterminate (69×)G0615 1. kill, put to death (60×)H6571b 1. horseman, cavalryman (52×)H8077a 1. desolation, waste (abstract state) (52×)G4678 1. of wisdom (51×)G4717 1. crucify, fasten to a cross (46×)H2763a 1. utterly destroy (Hifil active) (44×)G0622 1. perish, be destroyed (intransitive) (41×)H0006 2. to destroy, annihilate (Piel) (38×)H8074 1. be desolate, lie waste (36×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἐδᾰφ-ίζω, beat level and firm like a floor or pavement, Refs 4th c.BC+:—passive, Refs 4th c.BC+ __II provide with a floor, οἶκον Refs 3rd c.BC+ __III dash to the ground, LXX+NT