◄ 2506. kathairesis ►
Strong's Concordance kathairesis: a pulling down Original Word: καθαίρεσις, εως, ἡ Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: kathairesis Phonetic Spelling: (kath-ah'-ee-res-is) Short Definition: taking down, destroying Definition: taking down, razing, destroying. HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 2506 kathaíresis (from 2507 /kathairéō) – demolition, i.e. taking down (apart) to destroy, raze. See 2507 (kathaireō). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2506: καθαίρεσις καθαίρεσις, καθαιρεσεως, ἡ (καθαιρέω, which see), a pulling down, destruction, demolition: ὀχυρωμάτων (A. V. of strongholds), 2 Corinthians 10:4 (τῶν τειχῶν, Xenophon, Hell. 2, 2, 15; 5, 1, 35; Polybius 23, 7, 6; Diodorus excerpt. leg. 13; destructio murorum, Suetonius, Galba 12); εἰς οἰκοδομήν καί οὐκ εἰς καθαίρεσιν ὑμῶν, for building up (increasing) not for casting down (the extinction of) the godly, upright, blessed life you lead in fellowship with Christ (see οἰκοδομή, 1): 2 Corinthians 10:8; 2 Corinthians 13:10. (From Thucydides down.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance destruction, pulling down. From kathaireo; demolition; figuratively, extinction -- destruction, pulling down. see GREEK kathaireo Forms and Transliterations καθαιρέσει καθαιρεσιν καθαίρεσιν kathairesin kathaíresin Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 2506 3 Occurrences καθαίρεσιν — 3 Occ. 2 Corinthians 10:4 N-AFS GRK: θεῷ πρὸς καθαίρεσιν ὀχυρωμάτων NAS: powerful for the destruction of fortresses. KJV: to the pulling down of strong holds;) INT: divine to overthrow of strongholds 2 Corinthians 10:8 N-AFS GRK: οὐκ εἰς καθαίρεσιν ὑμῶν οὐκ NAS: for building you up and not for destroying you, I will not be put to shame, KJV: for your destruction, I should not INT: not for tearing down you not 2 Corinthians 13:10 N-AFS GRK: οὐκ εἰς καθαίρεσιν NAS: me for building up and not for tearing down. KJV: not to destruction. INT: not for tearing down 3 Occurrences