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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.
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 Box Gen 13:10

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 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 this city, for the which thou hast spoken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 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 Box Gen 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 the which Lot dwelt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:23

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:13 - And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 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 Box Ezr 6:12

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:5 - Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:10 - If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:15

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:19 - He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:4 - He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:22 - He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:9

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:39

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 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 Box Isa 13:19

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:16

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:18 - As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:40 - As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:6 - For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 4:11

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 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 Box Hag 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 heathen; 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 Box Mal 1:4

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