Strong G2506καθαίρεσις
destruction
- Transliteration
- kathairesis
- Pronunciation
- kath-ah'ee-res-is
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G2507; demolition; figuratively extinction: - destruction pulling down.
Detailed definition
καθ-αίρεσις, -εως, ἡ
(καθαιρέω), [in LXX: Exo.23:24 (הָרַס), 1Ma.3:43 *;]
a pulling down, destruction: figuratively, κ. ὀχυρωμάτων, 2Co.10:4; opposite to οἰκοδομή, 2Co.10:8 13:10.†
(AS)
(καθαιρέω), [in LXX: Exo.23:24 (הָרַס), 1Ma.3:43 *;]
a pulling down, destruction: figuratively, κ. ὀχυρωμάτων, 2Co.10:4; opposite to οἰκοδομή, 2Co.10:8 13:10.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2506 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- destruction2
- pull1
First verses
- 2 Corinthians 10:4(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
- 2 Corinthians 10:8For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:
- 2 Corinthians 13:10Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
καθαίρ-εσις, εως, ἡ,
pulling down, demolition, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.42, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.66, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.2.15, “IG” 22.1672.75 (4th c.BC), “PMagd.” 9.6 (3rd c.BC), etc.: _metaphorically_, τινῶν, opposed to οἰκοδομή, NT.2Cor.10.8)]; ἀναστήσωμεν τὴν κ. τοῦ λαοῦ ἡμῶν [LXX (LXX.1Mac.3.43: in concrete sense, αἱ καθαιρέσεις)] the débris, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 92.31.)]
2 generally, overthrow, subjugation, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Caesares” 320d; τῆς ἀνέτου ἐξουσίας 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 2.4.4; Ἰουλιανοῦ [prev. author] 3.1.1)]; killing, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Antonius” 82.)]
3 reduction, diminution, opposed to πρόσθεσις, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 207a23)]: in Medicine texts, bringing down superfluous flesh, lowering, reducing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 6.3.1, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 17(2).368; τῶν σωμάτων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 738a31; τῶν ὄγκων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 58e.)]
4 eclipse of sun or moon (with reference to the magical process of drawing down those bodies), [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (Scholia 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.533 (_plural_).)]
pulling down, demolition, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.42, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.66, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.2.15, “IG” 22.1672.75 (4th c.BC), “PMagd.” 9.6 (3rd c.BC), etc.: _metaphorically_, τινῶν, opposed to οἰκοδομή, NT.2Cor.10.8)]; ἀναστήσωμεν τὴν κ. τοῦ λαοῦ ἡμῶν [LXX (LXX.1Mac.3.43: in concrete sense, αἱ καθαιρέσεις)] the débris, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 92.31.)]
2 generally, overthrow, subjugation, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Caesares” 320d; τῆς ἀνέτου ἐξουσίας 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 2.4.4; Ἰουλιανοῦ [prev. author] 3.1.1)]; killing, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Antonius” 82.)]
3 reduction, diminution, opposed to πρόσθεσις, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 207a23)]: in Medicine texts, bringing down superfluous flesh, lowering, reducing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 6.3.1, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 17(2).368; τῶν σωμάτων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 738a31; τῶν ὄγκων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 58e.)]
4 eclipse of sun or moon (with reference to the magical process of drawing down those bodies), [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (Scholia 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.533 (_plural_).)]