denotes "to beat upon or against, to strike against, dash against" (pros, "to or against," kopto, "to strike, beat"); hence, of the foot, to stumble, "dash" (AV and RV), Matthew 4:6; Luke 4:11 . See BEAT , STUMBLE.
"to tear, rend, break," is used of the action of a demon upon a human victim, Mark 9:18 , "dasheth ... down," RV; (AV, marg.; AV, text, "teareth"); Luke 9:42 , RV, "dashed ... down" (AV, "threw ... down"). See BREAK , No. 6.
"to beat level with the earth," e.g., as a threshing floor (cp. edaphos, "the ground"), Luke 19:44; RV, "shall dash (thee) to the ground;" (AV, "shall lay (thee) even with the ground"). See GROUND.
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