Katastrophē καταστροφή

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Katastrophē
καταστροφή
Transliterationkatastrophē
Strong's numberG2692
LanguageGreek
Part of speechfeminine noun
Glossruin
Occurrences2 in 2 verses
Most frequent in2 Timothy (1)

Katastrophē (Greek καταστροφή, Strong's G2692) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “ruin”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

κατα-στροφή, -ῆς, ἡ
(καταστρέφω), [in LXX: Job.21:17, Pro.1:27 (אֵיד), al. ;]
1. overthrow: 2Pe.2:6 (WH, om.).
2. Metaphorical, subversion, upsetting (cf. καθαίρεσις, 2Co.13:10): 2Ti.2:14.†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVsubverting (1), overthrow (1)
BSBruin (1), destruction (1)

Verses

Every verse with Katastrophē, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

2 Timothy

2 Peter

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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