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Lexicon :: Strong's G2602 - katabolē

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καταβολή
Transliteration
katabolē (Key)
Pronunciation
kat-ab-ol-ay'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
11x in 2 unique form(s) TR
11x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:620,418

Strong’s Definitions

καταβολή katabolḗ, kat-ab-ol-ay'; from G2598; a deposition, i.e. founding; figuratively, conception:—conceive, foundation.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's G2602 in the following manner: foundation (10x), to conceive (with G1519) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's G2602 in the following manner: foundation (10x), to conceive (with G1519) (1x).

  1. a throwing or laying down

    1. the injection or depositing of the virile semen in the womb

    2. of the seed of plants and animals

  2. a founding (laying down a foundation)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
καταβολή katabolḗ, kat-ab-ol-ay'; from G2598; a deposition, i.e. founding; figuratively, conception:—conceive, foundation.
STRONGS G2602:
καταβολή, καταβολῆς, ἡ (καταβάλλω, which see);
1. a throwing or laying down: τοῦ σπέρματος (namely, εἰς τήν μήτραν), the injection or depositing of the virile semen in the womb, Lucian, amor. 19; Galen, aphorism. iv. § 1; of the seed of animals and plants, Philo de opif. mund. §§ 22, 45; σπέρματα τά εἰς γῆν ἤ μήτραν καταβαλλομενα, Antoninus 4, 36; accordingly many interpret the words Σάρρα δύναμιν εἰς καταβολήν σπέρματος ἔλαβε in Hebrews 11:11, she received power to conceive seed. But since it belongs to the male καταβάλλειν τό σπέρμα, not to the female, this interpretation cannot stand ((according to the reading of WH marginal reading αὐτῇ Σάρρα, Abr. remains the subjunctive of ἔλαβεν; but see 2 below)); cf. Bleek (and, on the other side, Kurtz) at the passage
2. a founding (laying down a foundation): εἰς καταβολήν σπέρματος, to found a posterity, Hebrews 11:11 (but compare above) (πυραννιδος, Polybius 13, 6, 2; ἅμα τῇ πρώτη καταβολή τῶν ἀνθρώπων, Plato, aquae et ignis comp. C. 2). ἀπό καταβολῆς κόσμου, from the foundation of the world: Matthew 13:35 (L T Tr WH omit κόσμου); Matthew 25:34; Luke 11:50; Hebrews 4:3; Hebrews 9:28; Revelation 13:8; Revelation 17:8; πρό καταβολῆς κόσμου, John 17:24; Ephesians 1:4; 1 Peter 1:20.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
13:35; 25:34
Luke
11:50
John
17:24
Ephesians
1:4
Hebrews
4:3; 9:28; 11:11; 11:11
1 Peter
1:20
Revelation
13:8; 17:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2602 matches the Greek καταβολή (katabolē),
which occurs 11 times in 11 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:35 - This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet:

“I WILL OPEN MY MOUTH IN PARABLES;

I WILL UTTER THINGS [unknown and unattainable] THAT HAVE BEEN HIDDEN [from mankind] SINCE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:34 -

“Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father [you favored of God, appointed to eternal salvation], inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:50

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:50 - so that charges may be brought against this generation [holding them responsible] for the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 17:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:24 - “Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given to Me [as Your gift to Me], may be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:4 - just as [in His love] He chose us in Christ [actually selected us for Himself as His own] before the foundation of the world, so that we would be holy [that is, consecrated, set apart for Him, purpose-driven] and blameless in His sight. In love

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:3 - For we who believe [that is, we who personally trust and confidently rely on God] enter that rest [so we have His inner peace now because we are confident in our salvation, and assured of His power], just as He has said,

“AS I SWORE [an oath] IN MY WRATH,

THEY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST,”

[this He said] although His works were [fn]completed from the foundation of the world [waiting for all who would believe].

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:26 - Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer over and over since the foundation of the world; but now once for all at the consummation of the ages He has appeared and been publicly manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:11 - By faith even Sarah herself received the ability to conceive [a child], even [when she was long] past the normal age for it, because she considered Him who had given her the promise to be reliable and true [to His word].

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:20 - For He was [fn]foreordained (foreknown) before the foundation of the world, but has appeared [publicly] in these last times for your sake

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:8 - All the inhabitants of the earth will fall down and worship him, everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world in the Book of Life of the Lamb who has been slain [as a willing sacrifice].

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:8 -

“The beast that you saw was [once], but [now] is not, and he is about to come up out of the abyss (the bottomless pit, the dwelling place of demons) and go to destruction (perdition). And the inhabitants of the earth, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, will be astonished when they see the beast, because he was and is not and is yet to come [to earth].

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