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Lexicon :: Strong's G2690 - katastrephō

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καταστρέφω
Transliteration
katastrephō (Key)
Pronunciation
kat-as-tref'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:715,1093

Strong’s Definitions

καταστρέφω katastréphō, kat-as-tref'-o; from G2596 and G4762; to turn upside down, i.e. upset:—overthrow.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G2690 in the following manner: overthrow (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G2690 in the following manner: overthrow (2x).

  1. to turn over, turn under

    1. the soil with a plough

  2. to overturn, overthrow, throw down

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
καταστρέφω katastréphō, kat-as-tref'-o; from G2596 and G4762; to turn upside down, i.e. upset:—overthrow.
STRONGS G2690:
καταστρέφω: 1 aorist κατέστρεψα; perfect passive participle κατεστραμμενος (Acts 15:16 T (WH, but Tr κατεστρεμμενος; cf. WH's Appendix, p. 170f));
1. to turn over, turn under: the soil with a plow, Xenophon, oec. 17, 10.
2. to overturn, overthrow, throw down: τί, Matthew 21:12; Mark 11:15; (τά κατεστραμμενος, ruins), Acts 15:16 T Tr WH ((cf. κατασκάπτω)); so Haggai 2:22; Job 9:5; Josephus, Antiquities 8, 7, 6; Anthol. 11, 163,6; (Diogenes Laërtius 5, 82.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Job
9:5
Haggai
2:22
Matthew
21:12
Mark
11:15
Acts
15:16; 15:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2690 matches the Greek καταστρέφω (katastrephō),
which occurs 30 times in 26 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:10 - And Lot lifted his eyes and saw all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere (before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt as you go toward Zoar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:21 - And he said to him, “See, I have favored you concerning this thing also, in that I will not overthrow this city for which you have spoken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:25 - So He overthrew those cities, all the plain, all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:29 - And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot had dwelt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:23 - ‘The whole land is brimstone, salt, and burning; it is not sown, nor does it bear, nor does any grass grow there, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His anger and His wrath.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:13 - And when Gideon had come, there was a man telling a dream to his companion. He said, “I have had a dream: To my surprise, a loaf of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian; it came to a tent and struck it so that it fell and overturned, and the tent collapsed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:13 - ‘And I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab; I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:12 - And may the God who causes His name to dwell there destroy any king or people who put their hand to alter it, or to destroy this house of God which is in Jerusalem. I Darius issue a decree; let it be done diligently.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:5 - He removes the mountains, and they do not know
When He overturns them in His anger;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:10 - “If He passes by, imprisons, and gathers to judgment,
Then who can hinder Him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:15 - If He withholds the waters, they dry up;
If He sends them out, they overwhelm the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:19 - He leads princes[fn] away plundered,
And overthrows the mighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:4 - You who tear yourself in anger,
Shall the earth be forsaken for you?
Or shall the rock be removed from its place?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:22 - “But God draws the mighty away with His power;
He rises up, but no man is sure of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:9 - He puts his hand on the flint;
He overturns the mountains at the roots.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:39

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:39 - You have renounced the covenant of Your servant;
You have profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:7 - Your country is desolate,
Your cities are burned with fire;
Strangers devour your land in your presence;
And it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:19 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms,
The beauty of the Chaldeans’ pride,
Will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:16 - And let that man be like the cities
Which the LORD overthrew, and did not relent;
Let him hear the cry in the morning
And the shouting at noon,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:18 - As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah
And their neighbors,” says the LORD,
“No one shall remain there,
Nor shall a son of man dwell in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:40 - As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah
And their neighbors,” says the LORD,
“So no one shall reside there,
Nor son of man dwell in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:6 - The punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people
Is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom,
Which was overthrown in a moment,
With no hand to help her!

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:11 - “I overthrew some of you,
As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,
And you were like a firebrand plucked from the burning;
Yet you have not returned to Me,”
Says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:4 - And Jonah began to enter the city on the first day’s walk. Then he cried out and said, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:22 - I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms;
I will destroy the strength of the Gentile kingdoms.
I will overthrow the chariots
And those who ride in them;
The horses and their riders shall come down,
Every one by the sword of his brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:4 - Even though Edom has said,
“We have been impoverished,
But we will return and build the desolate places,”
Thus says the LORD of hosts:

“They may build, but I will throw down;
They shall be called the Territory of Wickedness,
And the people against whom the LORD will have indignation forever.
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