katapino describes swallowing or being swallowed up, whether by a devourer, the earth, waters, grief, life, or victory.

The attested usage chiefly describes a person, object, or body of water being taken in or consumed; it also portrays death, mortality, and excessive grief as being swallowed up or overwhelmed within their respective clauses.

1. Taking in or consuming something · dominant

   The active forms depict a consuming action: in Matthew 23:24 the present participle stands in the clause about straining out a gnat and taking in a camel, while 1 Peter 5:8 has an aorist active infinitive in the devil's search for someone to consume. Revelation 12:16 says that the earth opened its mouth and took in the river, and Hebrews 11:29 describes the Egyptians as having been consumed after their attempt to cross.

   Matthew 23:241 Peter 5:8Revelation 12:16Hebrews 11:29
2. Being overwhelmed or taken away · common

   The passive forms portray an outcome in which something is overtaken: in 2 Corinthians 2:7 the APB renders the warning that a person not be “swallowed up by more excessive grief.” In 2 Corinthians 5:4 mortality is said to be swallowed up by life, and in 1 Corinthians 15:54 death is swallowed up in victory.

   2 Corinthians 2:72 Corinthians 5:41 Corinthians 15:54

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB repeatedly uses “swallow” or “swallowed up,” including the clauses about the camel, a person sought by the devil, grief, mortality, death, the Egyptians, and the river. These renderings confirm the clauses' overall presentation rather than assigning a separate English equivalent in every case.