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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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet: "I will open my mouth in parables, I will announce what has been hidden from 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 who are blessed by my Father, 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 this generation may be held accountable for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning of the world,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 17:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:24 - "Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they can see my glory that you gave me because you loved me before the creation of the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:4 - For he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world that we may be holy and unblemished in his sight in love.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:3 - For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, "As I swore in my anger, 'They will never enter my rest!'" And yet God's works were accomplished from the foundation of the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:26 - for then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But now he has appeared once for all at the consummation of the ages to put away sin by his sacrifice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:11 - By faith, even though Sarah herself was barren and he was too old, he received the ability to procreate, because he regarded the one who had given the promise to be trustworthy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:20 - He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was manifested in these last times for your sake.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:8 - and all those who live on the earth will worship the beast, everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was killed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:8 - The beast you saw was, and is not, but is about to come up from the abyss and then go to destruction. The inhabitants of the earth - all those whose names have not been written in the book of life since the foundation of the world - will be astounded when they see that the beast was, and is not, but is to come.
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