noun · feminine
katabolas
Greekκαταβολή (katabolē)
Strong’sG2602
a foundation, depositing, sowing
stem katabol-11 times in the New Testamentin 7 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
** 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.
Every form
| 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
11 occurrences, every one of them listed
katabolan“conceive”objectaccusative singular1×
Hebrews 11:11“conceive”pistia kai auta Sarra dunamian eis katabolan spermeu lambata kai para kairon hēlikiau, epei piston hēgeta ton epangelleraton;By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.
katabolau“foundation”of, belonging togenitive singular10×
Matthew 13:35“foundation”hopōs plēriteia tem legiratem dia tou profētou legarōtou; Anoigami en parabolai tem stomem mu, ereugemi kruptirēteim apo katabolau.So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”
Matthew 25:34“foundation”tote legati tos basilevos toi ek dexeiu autou; Deute, toir eulogirētoir tou patērou mu, klēronomavar tan hetoimazirētan vi basileian apo katabolau kosmou.Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
Luke 11:50“foundation”hina ekzētiteia tem haimem pantoiu toiu profētoiu tem ekchirētem apo katabolau kosmou apo tau geneau houtau,As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world,
John 17:24“foundation”patēror, hem dōasē mi, thelamō hina hopou amō mis kakeinois aleiō meta mu, hina theōraleiō tan doxan tan ēman han dōasē mi, hoti agapasa min pro katabolau kosmou.Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
Ephesians 1:4“foundation”kathōs eklegeta nin en auto pro katabolau kosmou, arō nin hagioin kai amōmoin katenōpion autou en agapa,For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love
Hebrews 4:3“foundation”eiserchenō gar eis katapausian tois pisteuaratois, kathōs legatē; Hōs omnuama en ta orga mu, Ei eisercheli eis tan katapausian mu, kaitoi teiu ergeiu apo katabolau kosmou ginirateiu,Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world.
Hebrews 9:26“foundation”epei date auton pollakis paschara apo katabolau kosmou; nuni de hapax epi sunteleia toiu aiōnoiu eis athetēsian hamartau dia tau thusiau autou faneritē.Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
1 Peter 1:20“foundation”prognōskirētou men pro katabolau kosmou, faneriratou de epi eschatou toiu chronoiu dia vinHe was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake.
Revelation 13:8“foundation”kai proskunali auton pantois tois katoikarōtois epi tau gēau, hou ouk grafitē tem onomem autou en te biblie tau zōau teu arnieu teu sfazirēteu apo katabolau kosmou.And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast — all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.
Revelation 17:8“foundation”tem thērem hem horasa ate kai ouk atō, kai mellatō anabainarō ek tau abussau, kai eis apōleian hupagatō; kai thaumazili tois katoikarōtois epi tau gēau, hoiu ouk grafitē tem onomem epi tem bibliem tau zōau apo katabolau kosmou, bleparōtoiu tem thērem hoti ate kai ouk atō kai pareieti.The beast that you saw — it was, and now is no more, but is about to come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. And those who dwell on the earth whose names were not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet will be.