Drown
Easton, 1897
(Exodus 15:4; Amos 8:8; Hebrews 11:29). Drowning was a mode of capital punishment in use among the Syrians, and was known to the Jews in the time of our Lord. To this he alludes in Matthew 18:6.
Dictionary: M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897, public domain).