Greek noun (feminine) · G2506
καθαίρεσις
kathairesiskath-ah'-ee-res-is
destruction
3 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: kathaíresis
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2506is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2506
demolition; figuratively, extinction
The King James renders it: destruction, pulling down.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
kathairesis is rendered "destruction". It stands 3 times in the Greek text, across one book.
- Three of the uses stand in 2 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Corinthians 10:4The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
2 Corinthians 10:4καθαίρεσιν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's three uses are in 2 Corinthians.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- tearing down2
- demolition1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- καθαίρεσιν2
- καθαίρεσιν.¶1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular3N-ASF
2 Corinthians
three uses
The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
- καθαίρεσινkathairesinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: demolition
For even if I boast somewhat excessively about the authority the Lord gave us for building you up rather than tearing you down, I will not be ashamed.
- καθαίρεσινkathairesinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: tearing down
This is why I write these things while absent, so that when I am present I will not need to be severe in my use of the authority that the Lord gave me for building you up, not for tearing you down.
- καθαίρεσιν.¶kathairesinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: tearing down
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.