Destruction
καθαίρεσιςStrong’s G2506kathairesis
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Kathairesis is the Greek word usually translated “tearing down” and “demolition”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)”
Meaning
Usually translated “tearing down” and “demolition”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- tearing down 2
- demolition 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Corinthians 3
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Corinthians 10:8For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:
- 2 Corinthians 13:10Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.
Greek dictionary
καθαίρεσις kathairesis · destruction
καθ-αίρεσις, -εως, ἡ (καθαιρέω), [in LXX: Exo.23:24 (הָרַס), 1Ma.3:43 * ;] a pulling down, destruction: figuratively, κ. ὀχυρωμάτων, 2Co.10:4; opposite to οἰκοδομή, 2Co.10:8 13:10.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “destruction” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DESTRUCTION, noun
- The act of destroying; demolition; a pulling down; subversion; ruin, by whatever means; as the destruction of buildings, or of towns. destruction consists in the annihilation of the form of any theing; that form of parts which constitues it what it is; as the destruction of grass or herbage by eating; of a forest, by cutting down the trees; or it denotes a total annihilation; as the destruction of a particular government; the destruction of happiness.
- Death; murder; slaughter; massacre.“There was a deadly destruction throughout all the city” 1 Samuel 5:11
- Ruin.“DESTRUCTION and misery are in their ways” Romans 3:16
- Eternal death.“Broad is the way that leadeth to destruction” Matthew 7:13
All definitions
- Cause of destruction; a consuming plague; a destroyer.“The destruction that wasteth at noon-day” Psalms 91:6
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.