Strong G2692καταστροφή
ruin
- Transliteration
- katastrophē
- Pronunciation
- kat-as-trof-ay'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G2690; an overturn (catastrophe) that is demolition; figuratively apostasy: - overthrow subverting.
Detailed definition
κατα-στροφή, -ῆς, ἡ
(καταστρέφω), [in LXX: Job.21:17, Pro.1:27 (אֵיד), al.;]
1. overthrow: 2Pe.2:6 (WH, om.).
2. Metaphorical, subversion, upsetting (cf. καθαίρεσις, 2Co.13:10): 2Ti.2:14.†
(AS)
(καταστρέφω), [in LXX: Job.21:17, Pro.1:27 (אֵיד), al.;]
1. overthrow: 2Pe.2:6 (WH, om.).
2. Metaphorical, subversion, upsetting (cf. καθαίρεσις, 2Co.13:10): 2Ti.2:14.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2692 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- overthrow1
- subverting1
First verses
- 2 Timothy 2:14Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.
- 2 Peter 2:6And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
καταστροφ-ή, ἡ,
overturning, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (θεσμίων Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Eumenides” 490)] (Lyric poetry, plural).
2 subjugation, reduction, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.6, 92, etc.; καταστροφὴν ποιήσασθαί τινος [prev\. author] 6.27; ἐπὶ Λιβύων καταστροφῇ πέμπεσθαι [prev\. author] 4.167; ἐπ᾽ ἄλλων καταστροφῇ ἐξιέναι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.15)]: plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (καταστροφαὶ ἐθνῶν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.255 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]
3 return of vibrating string to axial position, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Pr.” 921a17 (_plural_).)]
II end, close, conclusion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἄνευ δὲ λύπης οὐδαμοῦ καταστροφή Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Supplices” 442)]; κ. βίου, i.e. death, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “OC” 103, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.54.4, etc.; κ. τοῦ ζῆν Menander Comicus [{4-3rd c.BC}] “Περικειρομένη” 12: without βίου, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.42, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Sent.” 35; ποία κ. εὐδαιμονεστέρ; 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epict.” 4.10.17; τὸ τέλος αὐτῶν τῆς κ.)] the event of their life's end, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.8.6; κ. καὶ συντέλεια τῶν γεγονότων [prev\. author] 3.1.9; κ. λαμβάνειν [prev\. author] 3.47.8)]; τὴν κ. τῆς βίβλου ποιεῖσθαι εἰς.. [Refs ([prev\. author] 1.13.5)]; in the drama, dénouement, ending, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 191.19, 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “Aut.” 22.6, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 60, +others, Euanth. et 4th c.AD: Donatus, Aelius Grammaticus Latinus in “CGF” pp.67,69 K.: _plural_, αἱ κ. τῶν δραμάτων 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.48.8)].
III ruin, undoing, κ. γῆς (of a person) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 548.8.)]
IV crane, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (Stud.Pal. 10.259.13 (_plural_, 6th c.AD).)]
overturning, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (θεσμίων Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Eumenides” 490)] (Lyric poetry, plural).
2 subjugation, reduction, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.6, 92, etc.; καταστροφὴν ποιήσασθαί τινος [prev\. author] 6.27; ἐπὶ Λιβύων καταστροφῇ πέμπεσθαι [prev\. author] 4.167; ἐπ᾽ ἄλλων καταστροφῇ ἐξιέναι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.15)]: plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (καταστροφαὶ ἐθνῶν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.255 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]
3 return of vibrating string to axial position, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Pr.” 921a17 (_plural_).)]
II end, close, conclusion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἄνευ δὲ λύπης οὐδαμοῦ καταστροφή Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Supplices” 442)]; κ. βίου, i.e. death, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “OC” 103, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.54.4, etc.; κ. τοῦ ζῆν Menander Comicus [{4-3rd c.BC}] “Περικειρομένη” 12: without βίου, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.42, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Sent.” 35; ποία κ. εὐδαιμονεστέρ; 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epict.” 4.10.17; τὸ τέλος αὐτῶν τῆς κ.)] the event of their life's end, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.8.6; κ. καὶ συντέλεια τῶν γεγονότων [prev\. author] 3.1.9; κ. λαμβάνειν [prev\. author] 3.47.8)]; τὴν κ. τῆς βίβλου ποιεῖσθαι εἰς.. [Refs ([prev\. author] 1.13.5)]; in the drama, dénouement, ending, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 191.19, 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “Aut.” 22.6, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 60, +others, Euanth. et 4th c.AD: Donatus, Aelius Grammaticus Latinus in “CGF” pp.67,69 K.: _plural_, αἱ κ. τῶν δραμάτων 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.48.8)].
III ruin, undoing, κ. γῆς (of a person) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 548.8.)]
IV crane, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (Stud.Pal. 10.259.13 (_plural_, 6th c.AD).)]