Greek Word Study · Strong’s G2507
καθαιρέω
kathaireō · “to take down”
Used 9 times across 4 books
Definition
καθ-αιρέω, -ῶ
[in LXX for נָתַץ, פָּרַץ, יָרַד, etc. ;]
1. to take down: with accusative of person(s) (the technical term for removal after crucifixion, Field, Notes, 44), Mrk.15:36, 46, Luk.23:53, Act.13:29.
2. to put down by force, pull down, destroy: ἀποθήκας, Luk.12:18 (opposite to οἰκοδομεῖν); δυνάστας, Luk.1:52; ἔθνη, Act.13:19; pass., Act.19:27 (diminished, Field, Notes, 129 f.); figuratively, to refute: λογισμούς, 2Co.10:5.†
[in LXX for נָתַץ, פָּרַץ, יָרַד, etc. ;]
1. to take down: with accusative of person(s) (the technical term for removal after crucifixion, Field, Notes, 44), Mrk.15:36, 46, Luk.23:53, Act.13:29.
2. to put down by force, pull down, destroy: ἀποθήκας, Luk.12:18 (opposite to οἰκοδομεῖν); δυνάστας, Luk.1:52; ἔθνη, Act.13:19; pass., Act.19:27 (diminished, Field, Notes, 129 f.); figuratively, to refute: λογισμούς, 2Co.10:5.†
Where it appears
Mark2
Luke3
Acts3
2 Corinthians1
In the text
Mark 15:36And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.Mark 15:46And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.Luke 1:52He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.Luke 12:18And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.Luke 23:53And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.Acts 13:19And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.Acts 13:29And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.Acts 19:27So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.2 Corinthians 10:4(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
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