G2598 καταβάλλω (katabállō)

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Verb

Quick Definition

καταβάλλω v. I cast, lay down

Strong's Definition

to throw down

Derivation: from G2596 (κατά) and G906 (βάλλω);

KJV Usage: cast down, lay

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

καταβάλλω (G2598) — καταβάλλομαι

verb | βάλλω

19.10 · Physical Impact · Hit, Strike

to knock down to hit or strike with sufficient impact so as to knock an object down It is possible to interpret καταβάλλω in 2CO 4:9 as meaning ‘to hurt badly’ (see 20.21).

2CO 4:9

20.21 · Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill · Harm, Wound

to hurt badly, to cause to suffer considerably to cause someone to suffer considerable pain or injury It is possible that in 2CO 4:9 καταβάλλω should be understood as ‘to knock down’ (see 19.10).

2CO 4:9

85.49 · (καταβάλλομαι) · Existence in Space · Put, Place

to put down, to lay to put or place something down, with the implication of permanence

HEB 6:1

¹ HEB 6:1 The context of καταβάλλομαι in HEB 6:1 is, of course, figurative.

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

κατα-βάλλω: Pass. and Mid. pres. ptep. καταβαλλόpevos; 1 aor. pass. κατεβλήθην ; [fr. Hom. down]; Sept. for DDN; 1. to cast down: τινά, pass., Rev. xii. 10 Ree. ; to throw to the ground, prostrate: pass., 2 Co. iv. 9 (where the metaph. is taken from an athlete or combatant). 2. to put in a lower place: in the phrase 6eμέλιον καταβάλλομαι, to lay (down) a foundation (Joseph. antt. 11, 4, 4; 15,11,3; Dion. H. antt. 3, 69; al.), Heb. vi. 1.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

καταβάλλω kataballō 2x

to cast down, 2 Cor. 4:9; mid. to lay down, lay a foundation, Heb. 6:1*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

κατα-βάλλω,

[in LXX chiefly for נפל hi.;]

to cast down, prostrate: metaph., pass., II Co 4:9.

to put down, lay down: metaph., mid., c. acc., θεμέλιον, He 6:1.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

καταβάλλω is used of a woman ‘‘stricken”’ with sickness in P Oxy VIII. 11219 (A.D. 295) νόσῳ κατα[β]Ἰλ[η]θεῖσα. The classical meaning ‘‘ pay’ is common in the papyri of all periods, and especially so in Byzantine documents (cf. Os¢r. i. p. 89): see e.g. P Hib I. 29° (c. B.C. 265) καταβαλ[ὼν] τὰ γινόμενα τέλη, ‘fon payment of the usual taxes,’ P Fay 1255 (c. B.c. 103) καταβαλὼν διὰ Πτολεμαίου τραπαιζίτί ου, ‘paying through Ptolemaeus the banker,’ 26. 631 (A.D. 240) κατέβαNev εἰς τὸν ᾿ΑἸντωνίου Φιλοξένου... λόγον “‘he paid into the account of Antonius Philoxenus,” and so P Strass I. 6? (A.D. 255-61) : also P Eleph 3? (B.c, 284-3), 26. 1772 (B.C. 223-2), BGU IV. 11587 (B.c. 9), and P Petr II. 11(1)® (iii/B.c.) cited s.v. δάνειον, and Sy// 936° cited s.v. ἀνάγω.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

καταβάλλω (kataballō) — to lay/throw down. καταβάλλω, future -βᾰλῶ: aorist κατέβᾰλον; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular κάββαλε [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—throw down, overthrow, κατὰ πρηνὲς βαλέειν Πριάμοιο μέλαθρον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κ. [τινὰ] ἐνθάδε [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κ. τὰ οἰκήματα, τὰ ἀγάλματα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. ἐς τὸ μηδέν to bring down to nothing, opposed to ἐξᾶραι ὑψοῦ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κάββαλλε τὸν Χείμωνα confound, defy the storm, [Refs 7th c.BC+]

2. κ. ἑαυτόν throw oneself down to sleep, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

3. strike down with a weapon, slay, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; by a blow, κ. πατάξας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of slaying victims, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. b passive, to be stricken, νόσῳ [Refs 3rd c.AD+]

4. throw into prison, κ. τινὰ ἐς ἐρκτήν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, throw, bring into a certain state, κ. [τινὰ] ἐς ξυμφοράς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς ἀπορίαν, εἰς ἀπιστίαν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

5. overthrow, refute, οἱ -βάλλοντες (i.e. λόγοι), title of work by Protagoras: κ. τινά [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

6. abuse, bully, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

7. cast down or away, cast off, reject, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, forget, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; κ. εἴς τι throw away upon a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, οἱ καταβεβλημένοι despicable fellows, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare καταβεβλημένως.

II. let fall, drop, ἀπὸ ἕο κάββαλεν υἱόν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a fawning dog, οὔατα κάββαλεν ἄμφω [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἴουλον ἀπὸ κροτάφων κ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of sails, καθ᾽ ἱστία λευκὰ βαλόντες [Refs 6th c.BC+]; κατ᾽ ὀφθαλμοὺς βαλεῖ [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰς ὀφρῦς κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τὰ κέρατα droop their feelers, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: in Politics, abandon a measure, καταβάλλοντ᾽ ἐᾶν ἐν ὑπωμοσίᾳ [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II.2. lay down, set down, κρεῖον μέγα κάββαλεν ἐν πυρὸς αὐγῇ [Refs 8th c.BC+]

II.3. lay down, lay in stores, κ. σιτία [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, κὰτ ἄσπιδες βεβλήμεναι stored up, [Refs 7th c.BC+]

II.4. pay down, yield, bring in, ἡ λίμνη καταβάλλει ἐπ᾽ ἡμέρην ἑκάστην τάλαντον ἐκ τῶν ἰχθύων [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.4. b pay, τἀργύριον [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; τιμήν τινι ὑπέρ τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λύτρα [Refs]; καταβαλών σοι δραχμὴν τῶν βοτρύων for them, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; κ. ζημίαν pay up, discharge a fine, [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—later in middle, μισθὸν καταβαλέσθαι [Refs 4th c.AD+]

II.5. put in, deposit, in passive, εἰ ἡ μαρτυρία κατεβάλλετο ἐνταῦθα [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—but usually in middle, deposit, γράμματα εἰς κιβωτόν [Refs]; ψευδεῖς γραφὰς εἰς τὰ δημόσια γράμματα Docum. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; δόγμα [Refs]

II.6. throw down seed, sow, [Refs 4th c.BC+], compare καταβλητέο; κ. τὸ σπέρμα, of the male, [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κ. φάτιν ὡς.. spread abroad a rumour, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.7. lay down as a foundation, mostly in middle, τὴν τῆς ναυπηγίας ἀρχὴν καταβαλλόμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+] beginning a lament [Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence generally, to be the author of, commit to writing, ἱστορικὰς καταβαλόμενοι πραγματείας [Refs 1st c.BC+]; λόγον Darius cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:— passive, ὅταν δὲ κρηπὶς μὴ καταβληθῇ.. ὀρθῶς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καταβεβλημέναι μαθήσεις fundamental, established, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ κ. παιδεύματα[Refs 1st c.BC+]

II.8. with infinitive, γάμον καταβάλλομ᾽ ἀείδειν I begin my song of, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

III. passive, lie down, εἰς εὐνάν [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

III.2. like{καταβαίνω} [Refs]arrive at in a course of lectures, εἰς Γοργίαν [Refs 5th c.AD+] __B intransitive, fall, εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

κατα-βάλλω [in LXX chiefly for נָפַל hi. ;] __1. to cast down, prostrate: metaphorically, pass., 2Co.4:9. __2. to put down, lay down: metaphorically, mid., with accusative, θεμέλιον, Heb.6:1.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (2)

4:9

6:1

📖 Greek Word Study — In-Depth Study from Precept Austin

Struck down (2598) kataballo

Struck down (2598)(kataballo from katá = down + ballo = throw cast) means literally to cast down (Rev 12:10KJV) or strike down (as being struck with enough force to knock one to the ground) as when one is hit with a weapon. Thayer says the picture "is taken from an athlete or combatant." Wresting or boxing may have been the background for Paul's use of this word, for the Corinthians would have been quite familiar with a participant in the Isthmian (like our modern Olympics) Games being pummeled to or thrown down to the ground. Indeed, kataballo was the verb used to describe a either a knockdown in boxing or a throw down in wrestling. The other NT use (see third in Textus Receptus below) is in Hebrews... Therefore leaving the elementary teaching about the Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God (Hebrews 6:1) The Textus Receptus has a third use in Rev 12:10 not found in the modern Greek manuscripts in which John describes the future event when Satan will be thrown down out from his access to heaven (which he still possesses), an event which is associated with the middle of the Seventieth Week of Daniel. Kataballo - 33x in 32v in the non-apocryphal Septuagint (LXX) =2 Sam 20:15; 2 Kgs 3:19, 25; 6:5; 19:7; 2 Chr 32:21; Job 12:14; 16:9, 14; Ps 37:14; 73:18; 106:26f; 140:10; Pr 7:26; 18:8; 25:28; Isa 16:9; 26:5; Jer 19:7; Ezek 6:4; 23:25; 26:4, 9, 12; 29:5; 30:22; 31:12; 32:12; 39:3; Dan 11:12; 2 Cor 4:9; Heb 6:1 Spurgeon's exposition... Cast down, but not destroyed;- Even if the adversary is able to cast us down, he is not able to destroy us, for “underneath are the everlasting arms.” “Cast down, but not destroyed;” NOT DESTROYED Here's an example from David Hocking of a man who had been "struck down" but he was "not destroyed" because he had come to understand experientially the grace and power of God - "Folks, I have never seen a more thrilling or powerful testimony to the power of God in the midst of suffering than what we saw on our Caribbean cruise. We had a couple who wanted to renew their marriage vows. This was a couple who had come to know Christ and they listened to our broadcast. And the man had contracted Lou Gehrig's disease and he was dying. Already he had lost the ability to use his hands and he fell over a couple of times on the trip. People were alarmed by it because he was losing all ability to control himself. His wife and he, after I talked to them personally, they granted me permission to have them literally go in front of everybody and tell the story of what was happening to them. He had a little over a year to live and he was dying. Our hearts were broken and people were crying all over the place listening to this man. And in private what he told me and he also expressed it publicly, he said, "David, I finally learned what the power of God is." He said, "the power of God is inside when you know you are dying." He said, "I thought I knew what it was. I didn't know it at all."" (David Hocking) "Copy and paste the address below into your web browser in order to go to the original page which will allow you to access live links related to the material on this page - these links include Scriptures (which can be read in context), Scripture pop-ups on mouse over, and a variety of related resources such as Bible dictionary articles, commentaries, sermon notes and theological journal articles related to the topic under discussion." http://www.preceptaustin.org/2corinthians_47-9_commentary.htm#sd