καταστρέφω
katastréphō · G2690 · Greek · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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to turn over, to upset, to overturn
To cause something to be completely overturned
ExamplesMatthew 21:12 And Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all those who were selling and buying on the temple grounds, and He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves.
Mark 11:15 Then they came to Jerusalem. And He entered the temple area and began to drive out those who were selling and buying on the temple grounds, and He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves;
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
Who or what does itSubject
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated: he, she or it 2
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- καθέδραseat 2
- τράπεζαtable 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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In the other Testament 2 words
- הָפַךְ hâphak · H2015 · to turn, to turn around, to turn back
- Hebrew verb for overturning/turning upside down that serves as the direct semantic equivalent in LXX passages describing physical or metaphorical upheaval (e.g., destruction of cities, reversals of state).
- מַהְפֵּכָה mahpêkâh · H4114 · overthrowing, destruction
- Hebrew noun מַהְפֵּכָה denotes the result-state or event of catastrophic destruction (overthrow/overturning), corresponding to Greek verb καταστρέφω which denotes the action of overturning/upsetting; both share the core semantic domain of violent reversal/destruction, with the Greek capturing the verbal action and the Hebrew the nominal outcome.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To turn over, to upset, to overturn16.18
- In Matthew 21:12, of Jesus cleansing the temple it is written, “Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all those who were selling and buying on the temple grounds, and He overturned the tables of the money changers,” using this word for the act of turning something over or upsetting it.
Word family 29 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : 1 aorist κατέστρεψα; perfect passive participle κατεστραμμενος (Acts 15:16 T (WH, but…
1. to turn over, turn under: the soil with a plow, Xenophon, oec. 17, 10.
2. to overturn, overthrow, throw down: τί, Mt 21:12; Mk 11:15; (τά κατεστραμμενος, ruins), Acts 15:16 T Tr WH ((cf. κατασκάπτω)); so Hag 2:22; Job 9:5; Josephus, Antiquities 8, 7, 6; Anthol. 11, 163,6; (Diogenes Laërtius 5, 82.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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