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Dictionaries :: Overthrow (Noun and Verb)

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Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
A-1 Noun Strong's Number: g2692 Greek: katastrophe

Overthrow (Noun and Verb):

lit., "a turning down" (kata, "down," strophe, "a turning;" Eng., "catastrophe"), is used

(a) literally, 2Pe 2:6;

(b) metaphorically, 2Ti 2:14, "subverting," i.e., the "overthrowing" of faith. Cp. kathairesis, "a pulling down," 2Cr 10:4, 8; 13:10.

B-1 Verb Strong's Number: g2690 Greek: katastrepho

Overthrow (Noun and Verb):

akin to A, lit. and primarily, "to turn down" or "turn over," as, e.g., the soil, denotes to "overturn, overthrow," Mat 21:12; Mar 11:15; in Act 15:16, Passive Voice, "ruins," lit., "the overthrown (things) of it" (some mss. have kataskapto, "to dig down").
See RUIN.

B-2 Verb Strong's Number: g390 Greek: anastrepho

Overthrow (Noun and Verb):

is found in some mss. in Jhn 2:15 (see No. 3).
See ABIDE, No. 8.

B-3 Verb Strong's Number: g396 Greek: anatrepo

Overthrow (Noun and Verb):

lit., "to turn up or over" (ana, "up," trepo, "to turn"), "to upset," is used

(a) literally, in the most authentic mss., in Jhn 2:15 (see No. 2);

(b) metaphorically, in 2Ti 2:18, "overthrow (the faith of some);" in Tts 1:11, RV, "overthrow (whole houses)," AV, "subvert...," i.e., households. Moulton and Milligan (Vocab.) give an apt illustration from a 2nd cent. papyrus, of the complete upsetting of a family by the riotous conduct of a member.

B-4 Verb Strong's Number: g2647 Greek: kataluo

Overthrow (Noun and Verb):

lit., "to loosen down," signifies "to overthrow" in Act 5:38, RV, "it will be overthrown" (AV, "it will come to nought"); Rom 14:20, RV, "overthrow" (AV, "destroy").
See DESTROY.

B-5 Verb Strong's Number: g2693 Greek: katastronnumi

Overthrow (Noun and Verb):

primarily, "to strew" or "spread over" (kata, "down," stronnumi, or stronnuo, "to spread"), then, "to overthrow," has this meaning in 1Cr 10:5, "they were overthrown." In the Sept., Num 14:16; Job 12:23.

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