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Lexicon :: Strong's G2690 - katastrephō

Aa
καταστρέφω
Transliteration
katastrephō (Key)
Pronunciation
kat-as-tref'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:715,1093

Strong’s Definitions

καταστρέφω katastréphō, kat-as-tref'-o; from G2596 and G4762; to turn upside down, i.e. upset:—overthrow.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G2690 in the following manner: overthrow (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G2690 in the following manner: overthrow (2x).

  1. to turn over, turn under

    1. the soil with a plough

  2. to overturn, overthrow, throw down

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
καταστρέφω katastréphō, kat-as-tref'-o; from G2596 and G4762; to turn upside down, i.e. upset:—overthrow.
STRONGS G2690:
καταστρέφω: 1 aorist κατέστρεψα; perfect passive participle κατεστραμμενος (Acts 15:16 T (WH, but Tr κατεστρεμμενος; cf. WH's Appendix, p. 170f));
1. to turn over, turn under: the soil with a plow, Xenophon, oec. 17, 10.
2. to overturn, overthrow, throw down: τί, Matthew 21:12; Mark 11:15; (τά κατεστραμμενος, ruins), Acts 15:16 T Tr WH ((cf. κατασκάπτω)); so Haggai 2:22; Job 9:5; Josephus, Antiquities 8, 7, 6; Anthol. 11, 163,6; (Diogenes Laërtius 5, 82.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Job
9:5
Haggai
2:22
Matthew
21:12
Mark
11:15
Acts
15:16; 15:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2690 matches the Greek καταστρέφω (katastrephō),
which occurs 30 times in 26 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:10 - And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the Plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as thou goest unto Zoar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:21 - And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which thou hast spoken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:25 - and he overthrew those cities, and all the Plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:29 - And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the Plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:23 - and that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and a burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Jehovah overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:13 - And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man telling a dream unto his fellow; and he said, Behold, I dreamed a dream; and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian, and came unto the tent, and smote it so that it fell, and turned it upside down, so that the tent lay flat.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:13 - And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab; and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:12 - and the God that hath caused his name to dwell there overthrow all kings and peoples that shall put forth their hand to alter the same, to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with all diligence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:5 -
Him that removeth the mountains, and they know it not,
When he overturneth them in his anger;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:10 -
If he pass through, and shut up,
And all unto judgment, then who can hinder him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:15 -
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up;
Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:19 -
He leadeth priests away stripped,
And overthroweth the mighty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:4 -
Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger,
Shall the earth be forsaken for thee?
Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:22 -
Yet God preserveth the mighty by his power:
He riseth up that hath no assurance of life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:9 -
He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock;
He overturneth the mountains by the roots.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:39

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:39 -
Thou hast abhorred the covenant of thy servant:
Thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:7 - Your country is desolate; your cities are burned with fire; your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:19 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans’ pride, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:16 - And let that man be as the cities which Jehovah overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear a cry in the morning, and shouting at noontime;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:18 - As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities thereof, saith Jehovah, no man shall dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:40 - As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities thereof, saith Jehovah, so shall no man dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:6 -
For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom,
That was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands were laid upon her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:11 - I have overthrown cities among you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a brand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:4 - And Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:22 - and I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms; and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:4 - Whereas Edom saith, We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places; thus saith Jehovah of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and men shall call them The border of wickedness, and The people against whom Jehovah hath indignation for ever.
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