καταβολή

katabolēbeginningHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentNoun · feminine11 occurrences7 books11 verses

Definition

κατα-βολή, -ῆς, ἡ

(καταβάλλω), [in LXX: 2Ma.2.29 * ;]

1. a laying down: εἰς κ. σπέρματος, Hebrews 11:11 (EV, to conceive seed).

2. a foundation (of a house, ii Mac, l.with): metaphorically, ἀπὸ κ. κόσμου, Matthew 13:35 (LXX) (om. ἀπὸ κ. κόσμου, WH, R, mg.), Matthew 25:34, Luke 11:50, Hebrews 4:3; 9:26, Revelation 13:8; 17:8; πρὸ κ. κόσμου, John 17:24, Ephesians 1:4, 1 Peter 1:20.

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

11 total
  1. Matthew 13:35καταβολῆς · [the] foundation
    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.”
  2. Matthew 25:34καταβολῆς · [the] 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.
  3. Luke 11:50καταβολῆς · [the] foundation
    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,
  4. John 17:24καταβολῆς · [the] foundation
    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.
  5. Ephesians 1:4καταβολῆς · [the] foundation
    For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love
  6. Hebrews 4:3καταβολῆς · [the] foundation
    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.
  7. Hebrews 9:26καταβολῆς · [the] 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.
  8. Hebrews 11:11καταβολὴν · conceive
    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.
  9. 1 Peter 1:20καταβολῆς · [the] foundation
    He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake.
  10. Revelation 13:8καταβολῆς · [the] foundation
    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.
  11. Revelation 17:8καταβολῆς · [the] foundation
    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.