Greek noun (feminine) · G2692
καταστροφή
katastrophekat-as-trof-ay'
overthrow; Metaphorical, subversion, upsetting (cf. καθαίρεσις
2 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: katastrophḗ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2692is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 1spelling
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2692
an overturn ("catastrophe"), i.e. demolition; figuratively, apostasy
The King James renders it: overthrow, subverting.
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
katastrophe is rendered "overthrow; Metaphorical, subversion, upsetting (cf. καθαίρεσις". It stands 2 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- One of the uses stand in 2 Timothy, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "overthrow".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Timothy 2:14Remind the believers of these things, charging them before God to avoid quarreling over words, which succeeds only in leading the listeners to ruin.
The first use
Remind the believers of these things, charging them before God to avoid quarreling over words, which succeeds only in leading the listeners to ruin.
2 Timothy 2:14καταστροφῇ
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
One of the word's two uses is in 2 Timothy.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: overthrow, and Metaphorical, subversion, upsetting (cf. καθαίρεσις.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| overthrow2Pe.2:6 (WH, om.). | Tagged as
| Where2 Peter 2:6if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction… |
| Metaphorical, subversion, upsetting (cf. καθαίρεσις2Co.13:10): 2Ti.2:14.† (AS) | Tagged as
| Where2 Corinthians 13:10This is why I write these things while absent… |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| καταργέω | katargeo | to abate | Uses27 |
| καταλείπω | kataleipo | to leave behind | Uses23 |
| καταλύω | katalyo | to destroy/lodge | Uses17 |
| κατακρίνω | katakrino | to condemn | Uses15 |
| κατανοέω | katanoeo | to observe | Uses14 |
| καταντάω | katantao | to come to | Uses13 |
| καταρτίζω | katartizo | to complete | Uses13 |
| καταλαμβάνω | katalambano | to grasp | Uses13 |
| κατασκευάζω | kataskeuazo | to prepare | Uses11 |
| κατάπαυσις | katapausis | rest | Uses9 |
| καταφρονέω | kataphroneo | to despise | Uses9 |
| καταπίνω | katapino | to swallow | Uses7 |
and 67 more on the stem.
All 2, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
1 spelling 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
- καταστροφῇ2
The grammar of each form
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular2N-DSF
2 Timothy
one use
Remind the believers of these things, charging them before God to avoid quarreling over words, which succeeds only in leading the listeners to ruin.
- καταστροφῇkatastropheanoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: subversion
2 Peter
one use
if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;
- καταστροφῇkatastropheanoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: to destruction
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.