BibleTools

Greek/Hebrew Definitions



Strong's #2507: kathaireo (pronounced kath-ahee-reh'-o)

from 2596 and 138 (including its alternate); to lower (or with violence) demolish (literally or figuratively):--cast (pull, put, take) down, destroy.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

́

kathaireō

1) to take down

1a) without the notion of violence: to detach from the cross, one crucified

1b) with the use of force: to throw down, cast down

2) to pull down, demolish

2a) the subtle reasonings (of opponents) likened to a fortress, i.e. to refute, to destroy

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: from G2596 and G138 (including its alternate)

Citing in TDNT: 3:411, 380




Usage:

This word is used 9 times:

Mark 15:36: "Let alone; let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down."
Mark 15:46: "he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen,"
Luke 1:52: " He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree."
Luke 12:18: "he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build"
Luke 23:53: "And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid"
Acts 13:19: "And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he divided their land to them by lot."
Acts 13:29: "that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid"
Acts 19:27: "should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed,"
2 Corinthians 10:5: " Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the"









©Copyright 1992-2025 Church of the Great God.   Contact C.G.G. if you have questions or comments.
Close
E-mail This Page
Hide permanently ×

Subscribe to our Newsletter