King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2690
Transliteration: katastrephō
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-as-tref'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to overturn
Meaning: to overturn
καταστρέφω: 1 aorist κατέστρεψα; perfect passive participle κατεστραμμενος (Acts 15:16 T (WH, but Tr κατεστρεμμενος; cf. WH's Appendix, p. 170f));
Word 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.