Lexical Summary katastrephō: to overturn Original Word: καταστρέφωTransliteration: katastrephō Phonetic Spelling: (kat-as-tref'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to overturn Meaning: to overturn Strong's Concordance overthrow. From kata and strepho; to turn upside down, i.e. Upset -- overthrow. see GREEK kata see GREEK strepho Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2690: καταστρέφωκαταστρέφω: 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. |
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