Strong G2679κατασκάπτω
to ruin
- Transliteration
- kataskaptō
- Pronunciation
- kat-as-kap'-to
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
κατα-σκάπτω
[in LXX for נָתַץ, הָרַס, etc.;]
to dig down: Rom.11:3 (LXX).†
(AS)
[in LXX for נָתַץ, הָרַס, etc.;]
to dig down: Rom.11:3 (LXX).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2679 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- digged1
- ruin1
First verses
- Acts 15:16After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
- Romans 11:3Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
κατασκάπτω,
perfect -έσκᾰφα [Refs 6th c.BC+ (Isocrates Orator [{5-6th c.BC}] 14.35)]:—dig down, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (ἐπὶ θάτερα τῆς ἀμπέλου Theophrastus Philosophus [{4-3rd c.BC}] “Historia Plantarum” 4.13.5)]; but usually,
II destroy utterly, raze to the ground, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (τὸ ἄστυ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.156; Τροίαν κ. βίᾳ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 998, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Ag.” 525; πάτραν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1421; δόμους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 566; πόλιν “SIG” 344.7)] (Teos, [LXX+6th c.BC+ (4th c.BC), compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.71; το τέγος Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Nubes” 1488; τὰ τείχη ἐς ἔδαφος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.109, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.40, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator [same place], 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ath.” 37.1; τὸν λιμένα 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.123; τὰ θυσιαστήρια Vetus Testamentum Graece redditum LXX.1Ki.19.10; τὴν οἰκίαν εἰς ἔδαφος Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] “Publicola” 10)], etc.:—passive, [Refs (ϝοικία κατασκαπτέσθω “Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.8)] (Locrian dialect, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC); τὰ οἱκία οἱ κατεσκάφη 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.72; πατρῴα ἑστία κατεσκάφη 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 22; τὰ κατεσκαμμένα ἀναστήσω Vetus Testamentum Graece redditum “Amos” 9.11)].
perfect -έσκᾰφα [Refs 6th c.BC+ (Isocrates Orator [{5-6th c.BC}] 14.35)]:—dig down, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (ἐπὶ θάτερα τῆς ἀμπέλου Theophrastus Philosophus [{4-3rd c.BC}] “Historia Plantarum” 4.13.5)]; but usually,
II destroy utterly, raze to the ground, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (τὸ ἄστυ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.156; Τροίαν κ. βίᾳ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 998, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Ag.” 525; πάτραν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1421; δόμους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 566; πόλιν “SIG” 344.7)] (Teos, [LXX+6th c.BC+ (4th c.BC), compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.71; το τέγος Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Nubes” 1488; τὰ τείχη ἐς ἔδαφος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.109, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.40, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator [same place], 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ath.” 37.1; τὸν λιμένα 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.123; τὰ θυσιαστήρια Vetus Testamentum Graece redditum LXX.1Ki.19.10; τὴν οἰκίαν εἰς ἔδαφος Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] “Publicola” 10)], etc.:—passive, [Refs (ϝοικία κατασκαπτέσθω “Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.8)] (Locrian dialect, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC); τὰ οἱκία οἱ κατεσκάφη 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.72; πατρῴα ἑστία κατεσκάφη 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 22; τὰ κατεσκαμμένα ἀναστήσω Vetus Testamentum Graece redditum “Amos” 9.11)].