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Lexicon :: Strong's G2690 - katastrephō

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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.
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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 2 times in 2 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:12 - And Jesus entered the temple[fn] and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons.

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