ἀνατρέπω
anatrépō · G396 · Greek · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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to turn over, to upset, to overturn
To cause something to be completely overturned
ExamplesJohn 2:15 And He made a whip of cords, and drove them all out of the temple area, with the sheep and the oxen; and He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables;
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to upset belief
(A figurative extension of meaning of ἀνατρέπω ‘to overturn,’) To cause serious difficulty or trouble with regard to someone’s belief
Examples2 Timothy 2:18 men who have gone astray from the truth, claiming that the resurrection has already taken place; and they are jeopardizing the faith of some.
Titus 1:11 who must be silenced because they are upsetting whole families, teaching things they should not teach for the sake of dishonest gain.
How it’s used In 3 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
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- ὅστιςwhoever, whichever, whatever 1
- Not stated: they 1
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- οἶκοςhouse, household 1
- πίστιςfaith, trust, faithfulness 1
- τράπεζαtable 1
Named alongside itApposition
2 occurrences in 6 groups
- ματαιολόγοςempty talker 1
- περιτομήcircumcision 1
- ἀνυπότακτοςinsubordinate, disobedient 1
- Ὑμεναῖος"hymenæal" 1
- Φίλητοςamiable 1
- φρεναπάτηςperson who misleads 1
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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Near synonyms 1 word
- καταλύω katalýō · G2647 · to destroy, to tear down, destruction
- καταλύω means to tear down, dissolve, or overthrow, and shares with ἀνατρέπω the sense of destroying or overturning something (institutions, teachings, structures). Both can be used figuratively for subverting or nullifying.
In the other Testament 2 words
- הָפַךְ hâphak · H2015 · to turn, to turn around, to turn back
- הָפַךְ (hāpak) is the standard Hebrew verb for overturning or overthrowing, used both literally (overturning cities, vessels) and figuratively (perverting justice, overturning plans). It is the natural translation equivalent for ἀνατρέπω in contexts of overturning or subverting.
- סָלַף çâlaph · H5557 · to subvert, to undermine
- סָלַף (sālaph) carries the sense of twisting or perverting, particularly in moral or religious contexts (perverting ways, subverting), and overlaps with ἀνατρέπω's figurative sense of overturning or subverting faith/belief.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- To turn over, to upset, to overturn16.18
- In John 2:15, Jesus made a whip of cords and “drove them all out of the temple area, with the sheep and the oxen; and He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned (anétrepsen) their tables,” describing a literal, physical overturning.
- To upset belief31.72
- In 2 Timothy 2:18, Paul warns of men who claim “that the resurrection has already taken place; and they are jeopardizing (anatrépousin) the faith of some,” describing the undermining of others' belief rather than a physical object.
Word family 29 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon to overthrow, overturn, destroy; ethically, to subvert: οἴκους families, Tit 1:11. τήν…
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
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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