Word Summary
katastrophē: an overthrowing
Original Word: καταστροφήTransliteration: katastrophē
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-as-trof-ay')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: an overthrowing
Meaning: an overthrowing
Strong's Concordance
overthrow, subverting.
From katastrepho; an overturn ("catastrophe"), i.e. Demolition; figuratively, apostasy -- overthrow, subverting.
see GREEK katastrepho
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2692: καταστροφήκαταστροφή,
καταστροφῆς,
ἡ (
καταστρέφω) (
Vulg.subversio (eversio)),
overthrow, destruction: of cities,
2 Peter 2:6 (
WH omits;
Tr marginal reading brackets
καταστροφή) (
Genesis 19:29); metaphorically, of the extinction of a spirit of consecration to Christ (
A. V. the subverting):
2 Timothy 2:14. (
Aeschylus Eum. 490.)