Greek noun (feminine) · G2602
καταβολή
katabolekat-ab-ol-ay'
a laying down; a foundation
11 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: katabolḗ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2602is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2602
a deposition, i.e. founding; figuratively, conception
The King James renders it: conceive, foundation.
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
katabole is rendered "a laying down; a foundation". It stands 11 times in the Greek text, across seven books.
- Three of the uses stand in Hebrews, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "a laying down".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 13:35So 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.”
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
So 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.”
Matthew 13:35καταβολῆς
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's eleven uses are in Hebrews.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: a laying down, and a foundation.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| a laying downεἰς κ. σπέρματος | Tagged as
| WhereHebrews 11:11By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age… |
| a foundation(of a house, ii Mac, l.with): metaphorically, ἀπὸ κ. κόσμου, Mat.13:35 (LXX) (om. ἀπὸ κ. κόσμου, WH, R, mg.), Mat.25:34, Luk.11:50,... | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 13:35So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables… |
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| κατά | kata | according to | Uses468 |
| καταβαίνω | katabaino | to come/go down | Uses81 |
| καταλείπω | kataleipo | to leave behind | Uses23 |
| καταλύω | katalyo | to destroy/lodge | Uses17 |
| καταγγέλλω | katangello | to proclaim | Uses17 |
| κατακρίνω | katakrino | to condemn | Uses15 |
| κατανοέω | katanoeo | to observe | Uses14 |
| καταντάω | katantao | to come to | Uses13 |
| καταισχύνω | kataischyno | to dishonor | Uses13 |
| καταλαμβάνω | katalambano | to grasp | Uses13 |
| κατακαίω | katakaio | to burn | Uses12 |
| κατάκειμαι | katakeimai | to recline | Uses12 |
and 54 more on the stem.
All 11, 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
- καταβολῆς10
- καταβολὴν1
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular10N-GSF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular1N-ASF
Matthew
two uses
So 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.”
- καταβολῆςkatabolesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: foundation
Then 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.
- καταβολῆςkatabolesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: foundation
Luke
one use
As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world,
- καταβολῆςkatabolesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: foundation
John
one use
Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
- καταβολῆςkatabolesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: foundation
Ephesians
one use
For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love
- καταβολῆςkatabolesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: foundation
Hebrews
three uses
Now 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.
- καταβολῆςkatabolesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: foundation
Otherwise, 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.
- καταβολῆςkatabolesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: foundation
By 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.
- καταβολὴνkatabolennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: conception
1 Peter
one use
He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake.
- καταβολῆςkatabolesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: foundation
Revelation
two uses
And 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.
- καταβολῆςkatabolesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: founding
The 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.
- καταβολῆςkatabolesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: foundation
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.