Overthrow

lit., "a turning down" (kata, "down," strophe, "a turning;" Eng., "catastrophe"), is used (a) literally, 2—Peter 2:6; (b) metaphorically, 2—Timothy 2:14 , "subverting," i.e., the "overthrowing" of faith. Cp. kathairesis, "a pulling down," 2—Corinthians 10:4,8; 13:10 .

akin to A, lit. and primarily, "to turn down" or "turn over," as, e.g., the soil, denotes to "overturn, overthrow," Matthew 21:12; Mark 11:15; in Acts 15:16 , Passive Voice, "ruins," lit., "the overthrown (things) of it" (some mss. have kataskapto, "to dig down"). See RUIN.

is found in some mss. in John 2:15 (see No. 3). See ABIDE , No. 8.

lit., "to turn up or over" (ana, "up," trepo, "to turn"), "to upset," is used (a) literally, in the most authentic mss., in John 2:15 (see No. 2); (b) metaphorically, in 2—Timothy 2:18 , "overthrow (the faith of some);" in Titus 1:11 , RV, "overthrow (whole houses)," AV, "subvert ...," i.e., households. Moulton and Milligan (Vocab.) give an apt illustration from a 2nd cent. papyrus, of the complete upsetting of a family by the riotous conduct of a member.

lit., "to loosen down," signifies "to overthrow" in Acts 5:38 , RV, "it will be overthrown" (AV, "it will come to nought"); Romans 14:20 , RV, "overthrow" (AV, "destroy"). See DESTROY.

primarily, "to strew" or "spread over" (kata, "down," stronnumi, or stronnuo, "to spread"), then, "to overthrow," has this meaning in 1—Corinthians 10:5 , "they were overthrown." In the Sept., Numbers 14:16; Job 12:23 .