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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 - that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying:

“I will open My mouth in parables;
I will utter things kept secret from the foundation of the world.”[fn]

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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 hand, ‘Come, you blessed of 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 - “that the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 17:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:24 - “Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for 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 He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:3 - For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said:

“So I swore in My wrath,
‘They shall not enter My rest,’ ”[fn]
although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:26 - He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared 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 Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and she bore a child[fn] when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:20 - He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:8 - All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:8 - “The beast that you saw was, and is not, and will ascend out of the bottomless pit and go to perdition. And those who dwell on the earth will marvel, whose names are not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.[fn]
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