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ε2731Ἐπιτρῖψαιto crush, to wear out… may not render the psalmist's exact meaning. See for instance Origen, Fragmenta in Psalmos 92.3-4 for an explanation: the church is carried away by the rivers as the eroded earth.Matched in noteshighshort

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Ἐπιτρῖψαι

to crush, to wear out

[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] to destroy. Also [sc. attested is] 'wearings-out', [meaning] wearings-away.

Ἐπιτρῖψαι· αἰτιατικῇ. ἀπολέσαι. καὶ Ἐπιτρίψεις, συντρίψεις.