noun · feminine
katabolas
Strong’sG2602
a foundation, depositing, sowing
stem katabol-11 times in the New Testamentin 7 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
** κατα-βολή, -ῆς, ἡ
(< καταβάλλω), [in LXX: II Mac 2:29*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2602 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkat-ab-ol-ay'
a deposition, i.e. founding; figuratively, conception
Fromfrom G2598;
King Jamesconceive, foundation.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
throwing down: hence, sowing, Refs; especially of begetting, κ. σπέρματος, σπερμάτων, NT+5th c.BC+; ἡ Ῥωμύλου σπορὰ καὶ κ. Refs 1st c.AD+
b congenital defect, ἀπὸ ξυγγενικῆς αἰτίας καὶ κ. Refs 1st c.AD+
c Astrology texts, nativity, ἡ ἐξ ἀρχῆς κ. Refs 2nd c.AD+
2 paying down, especially by instalments, καταβάλλειν τὰς κ. Refs 4th c.BC+; τὸ ἀργύριον ἔφερε καταβολὴν τῇ πόλει paid money as a deposit (by way of caution),Refs 2nd c.BC+, etc.; ἔχειν τῆς γῆς.. καταβολήν liability for rent, Refs 5th c.BC+: plural, instalments, Refs 3rd c.AD+
II laying of a foundation: hence, building, structure, LXX+3rd c.BC+
II.1 foundation, beginning, ἱερῶν ἀγώνων NT+5th c.BC+ in Alc.Praef.p.8C.; ἐκ καταβολῆς from the foundations: hence, anew, σκάφη ἐκ κ. ἐναυπηγοῦντο, of fresh construction, Refs 2nd c.BC+; ἐκ κ. πλάττων, of pure invention, Refs: hence, of set purpose, deliberately, Refs
II.2 ={θυσία},{τελετή}, Refs 5th c.AD+
III periodical attack of illness, fit, τῆς ἀσθενείας Refs 5th c.BC+ trance, Refs 2nd c.AD+; cf. Latin catabolicus.
IV detraction, abuse, Refs 1st c.BC+
V perhaps outer wrapper Refs of a bandage, Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | katabolas | katabolais |
| object accusative | katabolan1×καταβολὴν | katabolain |
| direct address vocative | katabolar | katabolair |
| of, belonging to genitive | katabolau10×καταβολῆς | katabolaiu |
| to, for dative | katabola | katabolai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
katabola is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
11 occurrences, every one of them listed
katabolan“conceive”objectaccusative singular1×
Hebrews 11:11pistia kai auta Sarra dunamian eis katabolan spermeu labata kai para kairon hēlikiau, …… the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him …
katabolau“foundation”of, belonging togenitive singular10×
Matthew 13:35… tem stomem mu, ereugemi kruptorēnteim apo katabolau.… will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”
Matthew 25:34… klēronomavar tan hetoimazorēntan vi basileian apo katabolau kosmou.… kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
Luke 11:50… pantoiu toiu profētoiu tem ekchorēntem apo katabolau kosmou apo tau geneau houtau,… that has been shed since the foundation of the world,
John 17:24… dōasē mi, hoti agapasa min pro katabolau kosmou.… because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
Ephesians 1:4kathōs eklegeta nin en auto pro katabolau kosmou, arō nin hagioin kai amōmoin …… chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy …
Hebrews 4:3… katapausian mu, kaitoi teiu ergeiu apo katabolau kosmou geniranteiu,… works have been finished since the foundation of the world.
Hebrews 9:26epei date auton pollakis paschara apo katabolau kosmou; nuni de hapax epi sunteleia …… had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He …
1 Peter 1:20prognōskorēntou men pro katabolau kosmou, fanerirantou de epi eschatou toiu …He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed …
Revelation 13:8… zōau teu arnieu teu sfazorēnteu apo katabolau kosmou.… have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book …
Revelation 17:8… epi tem bibliem tau zōau apo katabolau kosmou, bleparōntoiu tem thērem hoti ate …… the Book of Life from the foundation of the world will marvel when …