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), Mat 4:6, Luk 4:11. See BEAT, STUMBLE.
<2,,4486, rhegnumi>
"to tear, rend, break," is used of the action of a demon upon a human victim, Mar 9:18, "dasheth ... down," RV; (AV, marg.; AV, text, "teareth"); Luk 9:42, RV, "dashed ... down" (AV, "threw ... down"). See BREAK, No. 6.
<3,,1474, edaphizo>
"to beat level with the earth," e.g., as a threshing floor (cp. edaphos, "the ground"), Luk 19:44; RV, "shall dash (thee) to the ground;" (AV, "shall lay (thee) even with the ground"). See GROUND.