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verb

Greekκαταστρέφω (katastrefō)
Biblang

katastrefamō

Strong’sG2690

I overturn, overthrow

stem katastref-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 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-στρέφω,

[in LXX for הפךְ, etc., Ge 19:21, Je 20:16, al.;]

1. to turn down, turn over; as, the soil.
2. to overturn, overthrow: Mt 21:12, Mk 11:15; pass. pf. ptcp., Ac 15:16(LXX).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2690 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkat-as-tref'-o

to turn upside down, i.e. upset

Fromfrom G2596 and G4762;

King Jamesoverthrow.

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
καταστρέφω,
perfect κατέστραφα (transitive) Refs 2nd c.BC+ —passive, future - Refs 2nd c.AD+: perfect imperative Refs 3rd c.BC+ (see. below): pluperfect 3rd.person etc for 1st.person, 2nd.person singular -έστραπτο Refs 2nd c.AD+:— turn down, trample on, Refs; turn the soil, Refs 5th c.BC+ turn it upside down, so as to drain it, LXX+4th c.BC+.
II upset, overturn, Refs 6th c.BC+; ruin, undo, Refs 2nd c.BC+; τινα Refs 1st c.AD+ —passive, Refs 2nd c.AD+.
II.2 middle, subject to oneself, subdue, Refs 5th c.BC+; τοὺς μὲν κατεστρέψατο ἐς φόρου ἀπαγωγήν subdued and made them tributary, Refs 5th c.BC+: with infinitive, Refs.
II.3 passive, in aorist and perfect, to be subdued, Refs: pluperfect, Refs 5th c.BC+: c.infinitive, ἀκούειν σοῦ κατέστραμμαι am constrained to hear, Refs 4th c.BC+: perfect passive also in sense of middle, Refs 5th c.BC+
III of a floating solid, right itself, Refs 3rd c.BC+
III.b intransitive, return, Refs 4th c.BC+
IV turn round, direct, [καταπάλτην] train it on the enemy, Refs 4th c.BC+; κατέστρεψεν εἰς φιλανθρωπίαν τοὺς λόγους guided the conversations to a friendly end, Refs 4th c.BC+: hence, bring to an end, κ. τὴν βίβλον, τὸν λόγον, Refs 3rd c.BC+: absolutely, come to an end, close, Refs 2nd c.BC+; especially end life, die, Refs 4th c.BC+ end in.., Refs 1st c.AD+; ἡ ἡμέρα κ. εἰς ὥραν δεκάτην inclines towards.., Refs
IV.2 Rhet., metaphorically, λέξις κατεστραμμένη periodic style, opposed to εἰρομένη, Refs 4th c.BC+
V screw or stretch tight, Refs 4th 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.

overturned2×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind itWhat it isUsuallyTimes
katastrefataκατέστρεψενhappened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singularoverturned2×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 2 occurrences
Who personhappening now presentwas happening imperfectwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singularkatastrefamōkatastrefamekatastrefamikatastrefamakatastrefamēkatastrefamelē
you 2nd person singularkatastrefasōkatastrefasekatastrefasikatastrefasakatastrefasēkatastrefaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singularkatastrefatōkatastrefatekatastrefatikatastrefata2×κατέστρεψενkatastrefatēkatastrefatelē
we 1st person pluralkatastrefanōkatastrefanekatastrefanikatastrefanakatastrefanēkatastrefanelē
ye 2nd person pluralkatastrefavōkatastrefavekatastrefavikatastrefavakatastrefavēkatastrefavelē
they 3rd person pluralkatastrefalōkatastrefalekatastrefalikatastrefalakatastrefalēkatastrefalelē
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
I 1st person singularkatastrefameiōkatastrefameiakatastrefameiē
you 2nd person singularkatastrefaseiōkatastrefaseiakatastrefaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singularkatastrefateiōkatastrefateiakatastrefateiē
we 1st person pluralkatastrefaneiōkatastrefaneiakatastrefaneiē
ye 2nd person pluralkatastrefaveiōkatastrefaveiakatastrefaveiē
they 3rd person pluralkatastrefaleiōkatastrefaleiakatastrefaleiē
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularkatastrefasōrkatastrefasarkatastrefasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularkatastrefatōrkatastrefatarkatastrefatēr
ye 2nd person pluralkatastrefavōrkatastrefavarkatastrefavēr
they 3rd person pluralkatastrefalōrkatastrefalarkatastrefalēr
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aorist
I 1st person singularkatastrefamoiōkatastrefamoia
you 2nd person singularkatastrefasoiōkatastrefasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singularkatastrefatoiōkatastrefatoia
we 1st person pluralkatastrefanoiōkatastrefanoia
ye 2nd person pluralkatastrefavoiōkatastrefavoia
they 3rd person pluralkatastrefaloiōkatastrefaloia
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voicekatastrefarōkatastrefarikatastrefarakatastrefarē
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voicekatastrefarōntoskatastrefarintoskatastrefarantoskatastrefarēntos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them
katastrefstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

katastref 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.

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

katastrefata“overturned”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular2×

Matthew 21:12… hiere kai tain trapezain toiu kollubistoiu katastrefata kai tain kathedrain toiu pōlarōntoiu tain …… were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers …

Mark 11:15… tain kathedrain toiu pōlarōntoiu tain peristerain katastrefata… were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers …