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Lexicon :: Strong's G2679 - kataskaptō

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κατασκάπτω
Transliteration
kataskaptō (Key)
Pronunciation
kat-as-kap'-to
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

κατασκάπτω kataskáptō, kat-as-kap'-to; from G2596 and G4626; to undermine, i.e. (by implication) destroy:—dig down, ruin.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G2679 in the following manner: ruin (1x), dig down (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G2679 in the following manner: ruin (1x), dig down (1x).

  1. to dig under, dig down, demolish, destroy

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κατασκάπτω kataskáptō, kat-as-kap'-to; from G2596 and G4626; to undermine, i.e. (by implication) destroy:—dig down, ruin.
STRONGS G2679:
κατασκάπτω: 1 aorist κατεσκαψα; perfect passive participle κατεσκαμμένος; to dig under, dig down, demolish, destroy: τί, Romans 11:3, from 1 Kings 19:10; passive Acts 15:16 (R G L), from Amos 9:11 ((but see καταστρέφω)). (Tragg., Thucydides, Xenophon, and following).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Kings
19:10
Amos
9:11
Acts
15:16
Romans
11:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2679 matches the Greek κατασκάπτω (kataskaptō),
which occurs 30 times in 29 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:3 - Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and burn their Asherah poles in the fire; cut down the idols of their gods and wipe out their names from those places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:2 - and you shall not make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall break down their altars.’ Yet you have disobeyed me. Why have you done this?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:28 - In the morning when the people of the town got up, there was Baal’s altar, demolished, with the Asherah pole beside it cut down and the second bull sacrificed on the newly built altar!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:30 - The people of the town demanded of Joash, “Bring out your son. He must die, because he has broken down Baal’s altar and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:31 - But Joash replied to the hostile crowd around him, “Are you going to plead Baal’s cause? Are you trying to save him? Whoever fights for him shall be put to death by morning! If Baal really is a god, he can defend himself when someone breaks down his altar.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:32 - So because Gideon broke down Baal’s altar, they gave him the name Jerub-Baal[fn] that day, saying, “Let Baal contend with him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:9 - So he said to the men of Peniel, “When I return in triumph, I will tear down this tower.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:17 - He also pulled down the tower of Peniel and killed the men of the town.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:32 - With the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD, and he dug a trench around it large enough to hold two seahs[fn] of seed.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:10 - He replied, “I have been very zealous for the LORD God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:1 - In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, Joab led out the armed forces. He laid waste the land of the Ammonites and went to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. Joab attacked Rabbah and left it in ruins.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:5 - Then he worked hard repairing all the broken sections of the wall and building towers on it. He built another wall outside that one and reinforced the terraces[fn] of the City of David. He also made large numbers of weapons and shields.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:19 - They set fire to God’s temple and broke down the wall of Jerusalem; they burned all the palaces and destroyed everything of value there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:11 - Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:1 - The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:31 - thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:4 - By justice a king gives a country stability, but those who are greedy for[fn] bribes tear it down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:10 - See, today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:15 - Lions have roared; they have growled at him. They have laid waste his land; his towns are burned and deserted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:10 - “Go through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not destroy them completely. Strip off her branches, for these people do not belong to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:15 - Shout against her on every side! She surrenders, her towers fall, her walls are torn down. Since this is the vengeance of the LORD, take vengeance on her; do to her as she has done to others.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:58

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:58 - This is what the LORD Almighty says: “Babylon’s thick wall will be leveled and her high gates set on fire; the peoples exhaust themselves for nothing, the nations’ labor is only fuel for the flames.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:14 - I will tear down the wall you have covered with whitewash and will level it to the ground so that its foundation will be laid bare. When it[fn] falls, you will be destroyed in it; and you will know that I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:39

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:39 - Then I will deliver you into the hands of your lovers, and they will tear down your mounds and destroy your lofty shrines. They will strip you of your clothes and take your fine jewelry and leave you stark naked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:35 - They will say, “This land that was laid waste has become like the garden of Eden; the cities that were lying in ruins, desolate and destroyed, are now fortified and inhabited.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:2 - Their heart is deceitful, and now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will demolish their altars and destroy their sacred stones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:17 - The seeds are shriveled beneath the clods.[fn] The storehouses are in ruins, the granaries have been broken down, for the grain has dried up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:14 - “On the day I punish Israel for her sins, I will destroy the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:11 - “In that day I will restore David’s fallen shelter— I will repair its broken walls and restore its ruins— and will rebuild it as it used to be,
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