Dictionary entry

βυθίζω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

** βυθίζω

(< βυθός), [in LXX: II Mac 12:4 *;]

trans., to cause to sink, to sink: metaph., εἰς ὄλεθρον, I Ti 6:9; pass., to sink, intrans.: Lk 5:7.†