Strong's Lexicon
G2602 — καταβολή
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2602 |
|---|---|
| Word: | καταβολή |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G2598 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 11 |
| Transliteration: | katabole |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kat-ab-ol-ay' |
| Meaning: | 1. a deposition, i.e. founding 2. (figuratively) conception |
| KJV Renderings: | conceive, foundation |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
καταβολή, καταβολῆς, ἡ (καταβάλλω, which see);
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: Mat 13:35 (L T Tr WH omit κόσμου); ; Luk 11:50; Heb 4:3; Heb 9:28; Rev 13:8; Rev 17:8; πρό καταβολῆς κόσμου, Joh 17:24; Eph 1:4; 1Pe 1:20.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
καταβολή (conceive)
Matthew 13:35
- KJV: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet saying I will open my mouth in parables I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world
- GK: όπως πληρωθή το ρηθέν διά του προφήτου λέγοντος ανοίξω εν παραβολαίς το στόμα μου ερεύξομαι κεκρυμμένα από καταβολής κόσμου
Matthew 25:34
- KJV: Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand Come, ye blessed of my Father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world
- GK: τότε ερεί ο βασιλεύς τοις εκ δεξιών αυτού δεύτε οι ευλογημένοι του πατρός μου κληρονομήσατε την ητοιμασμένην υμίν βασιλείαν από καταβολής κόσμου
Luke 11:50
- KJV: That the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation
- GK: ίνα εκζητηθή το αίμα πάντων των προφητών το εκχυνόμενον από καταβολής κόσμου από της γενεάς ταύτης
John 17:24
- KJV: Father I will that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world
- GK: πάτερ ους δέδωκάς μοι θέλω ίνα όπου ειμί εγώ κακείνοι ώσι μετ΄ εμού ίνα θεωρώσι την δόξαν την εμήν ην έδωκάς μοι ότι ηγάπησάς με προ καταβολής κόσμου
Ephesians 1:4
- KJV: According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world that we should be holy and without blame before him in love
- GK: καθώς εξελέξατο ημάς εν αυτώ προ καταβολής κόσμου είναι ημάς αγίους και αμώμους κατενώπιον αυτού εν αγάπη
Hebrews 4:3
- KJV: For we which have believed do enter into rest as he said As I have sworn in my wrath if they shall enter into my rest although the works were finished from the foundation of the world
- GK: εισερχόμεθα γαρ εις την κατάπαυσιν οι πιστεύσαντες καθώς είρηκεν ως ώμοσα εν τη οργή μου ει εισελεύσονται εις την κατάπαυσίν μου καίτοι των έργων από καταβολής κόσμου γενηθέντων
Hebrews 9:26
- KJV: For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself
- GK: επεί έδει αυτόν πολλάκις παθείν από καταβολής κόσμου νυν δε άπαξ επί συντελεία των αιώνων εις αθέτησιν αμαρτίας διά της θυσίας αυτού πεφανέρωται
Hebrews 11:11
- KJV: Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed and was delivered of a child when she was past age because she judged him faithful who had promised
- GK: πίστει και αυτή Σάρρα δύναμιν εις καταβολήν σπέρματος έλαβε και παρά καιρόν ηλικίας έτεκεν επεί πιστόν ηγήσατο τον επαγγειλάμενον
1 Peter 1:20
- KJV: Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world but was manifest in these last times for you
- GK: προεγνωσμένου μεν προ καταβολής κόσμου φανερωθέντος δε επ΄ εσχάτων των χρόνων δι΄ υμάς