καταβολή katabolē

Greek word for “beginning” · Strong’s G2602 · used 11 times in 11 verses

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Meaning

κατα-βολή, -ῆς, ἡ; (καταβάλλω);

How it is translated

Glosses given for katabolē in context, with how often each is used:

• foundation 9
• conception 1
• founding 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 13 (1), Matthew 25 (1), Luke 11 (1), John 17 (1), Ephesians 1 (1), Hebrews 4 (1), Hebrews 9 (1), Hebrews 11 (1), 1 Peter 1 (1), Revelation 13 (1)

Forms

• καταβολῆς 10
• καταβολὴν 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with katabolē more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• κόσμος kosmos “world” 10
• πρό pro “before” 3
• ἐπεί epei “since” 2
• βιβλίον biblion “scroll” 2
• κατοικέω katoikeō “to dwell” 2
• φανερόω phaneroō “to reveal” 2
• ἐρῶ erō “to say” 2
• ζωή zōē “life” 2
• προφήτης prophētēs “prophet” 2
• καθώς kathōs “as/just as” 2
• γράφω graphō “to write” 2
• ὄνομα onoma “name” 2

Key verses

The verses using katabolē that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 13:35 — That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the…
• Matthew 25:34 — Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
• Luke 11:50 — That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
• John 17:24 — Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me…
• Ephesians 1:4 — According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
• Hebrews 4:3 — For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from…
• Hebrews 9:26 — For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice…
• Hebrews 11:11 — Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had…
• 1 Peter 1:20 — Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
• Revelation 13:8 — And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
• Revelation 17:8 — The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder,…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.