Word Study · Strong's G2602 · Greek
καταβολή
katabole
kat-ab-ol-ay'
Strong's 1890 spelling: katabolḗ
“a deposition, i.e. founding”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a deposition, i.e. founding; figuratively, conception
Rendered in the KJV as
conceive, foundation.
- 11occurrencesin the New Testament
- 7 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 11 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- καταβολῆς10
- καταβολὴν1
How it is rendered · 4
- [the] foundation8
- [the] conception1
- [the] founding1
- foundation1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular10
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular1
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- N-GSF · 10
- N-ASF · 1
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Where this word lives
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Matthew2 occurrences
- Matthew 13:35καταβολῆςkatabolēsnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularSo 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.”here: [the] foundation
- Matthew 25:34καταβολῆςkatabolēsnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularThen 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.here: foundation
Hebrews3 occurrences
- Hebrews 4:3καταβολῆςkatabolēsnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularNow 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.here: [the] foundation
- Hebrews 9:26καταβολῆςkatabolēsnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularOtherwise, 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.here: [the] foundation
- Hebrews 11:11καταβολὴνkatabolēnnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularBy 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.here: [the] conception
Revelation2 occurrences
- Revelation 13:8καταβολῆςkatabolēsnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularAnd 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.here: [the] founding
- Revelation 17:8καταβολῆςkatabolēsnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularThe 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.here: [the] foundation