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Lexicon :: Strong's G2506 - kathairesis

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καθαίρεσις
Transliteration
kathairesis (Key)
Pronunciation
kath-ah'-ee-res-is
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
3x in 1 unique form(s) TR
3x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
1x in 1 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:412,381

Strong’s Definitions

καθαίρεσις kathaíresis, kath-ah'-ee-res-is; from G2507; demolition; figuratively, extinction:—destruction, pulling down.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G2506 in the following manner: destruction (2x), pulling down (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G2506 in the following manner: destruction (2x), pulling down (1x).

  1. a pulling down, destruction, demolition

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
καθαίρεσις kathaíresis, kath-ah'-ee-res-is; from G2507; demolition; figuratively, extinction:—destruction, pulling down.
STRONGS G2506:
καθαίρεσις, καθαιρεσεως, ἡ (καθαιρέω, which see), a pulling down, destruction, demolition: ὀχυρωμάτων (A. V. of strongholds), 2 Corinthians 10:4 (τῶν τειχῶν, Xenophon, Hell. 2, 2, 15; 5, 1, 35; Polybius 23, 7, 6; Diodorus excerpt. leg. 13; destructio murorum, Suetonius, Galba 12); εἰς οἰκοδομήν καί οὐκ εἰς καθαίρεσιν ὑμῶν, for building up (increasing) not for casting down (the extinction of) the godly, upright, blessed life you lead in fellowship with Christ (see οἰκοδομή, 1): 2 Corinthians 10:8; 2 Corinthians 13:10. (From Thucydides down.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Corinthians
10:4; 10:8; 13:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2506 matches the Greek καθαίρεσις (kathairesis),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 10:4

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since the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but are powerful through God for the demolition of strongholds. We demolish arguments

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For if I boast a little too much about our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for tearing you down, I will not be put to shame.

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This is why I am writing these things while absent, so that when I am there I may not have to deal harshly with you, in keeping with the authority the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down.

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