King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2692
Transliteration: katastrophē
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-as-trof-ay')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: an overthrowing
Meaning: an overthrowing
καταστροφή, καταστροφῆς, ἡ (καταστρέφω) (Vulg.subversio (eversio)), overthrow, destruction: of cities, 2 Peter 2:6 (WH omits; Tr marginal reading brackets καταστροφή) (Genesis 19:29); metaphorically, of the extinction of a spirit of consecration to Christ (A. V. the subverting): 2 Timothy 2:14. (Aeschylus Eum. 490.)
Word Summary
katastrophē: an overthrowing
Original Word: καταστροφήTransliteration: katastrophē
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-as-trof-ay')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: an overthrowing
Meaning: an overthrowing
Strong's Concordance
overthrow, subverting. From katastrepho; an overturn ("catastrophe"), i.e. Demolition; figuratively, apostasy -- overthrow, subverting.
see GREEK katastrepho
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2692: καταστροφήκαταστροφή, καταστροφῆς, ἡ (καταστρέφω) (Vulg.subversio (eversio)), overthrow, destruction: of cities, 2 Peter 2:6 (WH omits; Tr marginal reading brackets καταστροφή) (Genesis 19:29); metaphorically, of the extinction of a spirit of consecration to Christ (A. V. the subverting): 2 Timothy 2:14. (Aeschylus Eum. 490.)