καταβολή
katabolḗ · G2602 · Greek · 11 occurrences
Meanings
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creation
Creation, particularly of the world, with focus upon the beginning phase
ExamplesMatthew 13:35 This was so that what was spoken through the prophet would be fulfilled: “I WILL OPEN MY MOUTH IN PARABLES; I WILL PROCLAIM THINGS HIDDEN SINCE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD.”
Matthew 25:34 “Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
Luke 11:50 so that the blood of all the prophets, shed since the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation,
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to conceive, to become pregnant
An idiom, literally: sowing of seed
ExamplesHebrews 11:11 By faith even Sarah herself received ability to conceive, even beyond the proper time of life, since she considered Him faithful who had promised.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
10 occurrences in 2 groups
- κόσμοςworld 9
- σπέρμαseed, descendants 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
11 occurrences in 3 groups
- ἀπόfrom 14
- πρόbefore 6
- εἰςto 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 2 entries
- To conceive, to become pregnant23.49
- In Hebrews 11:11, of Sarah it is written, “By faith even Sarah herself received ability to conceive, even beyond the proper time of life,” using this word for the act of conceiving a child.
- Creation42.37
- In Matthew 13:35, it is written that Jesus taught in parables to fulfill what was spoken, “I WILL PROCLAIM THINGS HIDDEN SINCE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD,” using this word for the founding or bringing into being of the created order.
Word family 38 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon καταβολῆς, ἡ (καταβάλλω, which see); 1. a throwing or laying down: τοῦ σπέρματος (namely,…
1. a throwing or laying down: τοῦ σπέρματος (namely, εἰς τήν μήτραν), the injection or depositing of the virile semen in the womb, Lucian, amor. 19; Galen, aphorism. iv. § 1; of the seed of animals and plants, Philo de opif. mund. §§ 22, 45; σπέρματα τά εἰς γῆν ἤ μήτραν καταβαλλομενα, Antoninus 4, 36; accordingly many interpret the words Σάρρα δύναμιν εἰς καταβολήν σπέρματος ἔλαβε in Heb 11:11, she received power to conceive seed. But since it belongs to the male καταβάλλειν τό σπέρμα, not to the female, this interpretation cannot stand ((according to the reading of WH marginal reading αὐτῇ Σάρρα, Abr. remains the subjunctive of ἔλαβεν; but see 2 below)); cf. Bleek (and, on the other side, Kurtz) at the passage
2. a founding (laying down a foundation): εἰς καταβολήν σπέρματος, to found a posterity, Heb 11:11 (but compare above) (πυραννιδος, Polybius 13, 6, 2; ἅμα τῇ πρώτη καταβολή τῶν ἀνθρώπων, Plato, aquae et ignis comp. C. 2). ἀπό καταβολῆς κόσμου, from the foundation of the world: Mt 13:35 (L T Tr WH omit κόσμου); ; Lk 11:50; Heb 4:3; Heb 9:28; Rev 13:8; Rev 17:8; πρό καταβολῆς κόσμου, Jn 17:24; Eph 1:4; 1 Pet 1:20.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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