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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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:35 - So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:34 - “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:3 - Now we who have believed enter that rest, just as God has said, “So I declared on oath in my anger, ‘They shall never enter my rest.’ ”[fn] And yet his works have been finished since the creation of the world.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:11 - And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because she[fn] considered him faithful who had made the promise.

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