Dictionary entry

ἐδαφίζω

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

ἐδαφίζω (< ἔδαφος)

[in LXX chiefly for רטשׁ pu.;]

1. to beat level like a threshing floor (Theophr.).

2. to dash to the ground (Field, Notes, 74): Lk 19:44 (cf. Ps 136 (137):9, Ho 14:1).†