G2507: καθαιρέω
kathairéō · “to take down”
Definition
to lower (or with violence) demolish (literally or figuratively)
KJV translates it as: cast (pull, put, take) down, destroy
Word origin: from G2596 (κατά) and G138 (αἱρέομαι) (including its alternate);
Extended definition
[in LXX for נָתַץ, פָּרַץ, יָרַד, etc. ;]
1. to take down: with accusative of person(s) (the technical term for removal after crucifixion, Field, Notes, 44), Mrk.15:36, 46, Luk.23:53, Act.13:29.
2. to put down by force, pull down, destroy: ἀποθήκας, Luk.12:18 (opposite to οἰκοδομεῖν); δυνάστας, Luk.1:52; ἔθνη, Act.13:19; pass., Act.19:27 (diminished, Field, Notes, 129 f.); figuratively, to refute: λογισμούς, 2Co.10:5.†
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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G2507 is translated
- having taken down ×2
- to take down ×1
- he has brought down ×1
- i will tear down ×1
- having destroyed ×1
- having taken him down ×1
- deposing ×1
Bible verses with G2507 (kathairéō)
Kathairéō appears in 8 verses.
- Mark 15:36
And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.
- Mark 15:46
And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.
- Luke 1:52
He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
- Luke 12:18
And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
- Luke 23:53
And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.
- Acts 13:19
And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.
- Acts 13:29
And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.
- Acts 19:27
So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.