καταστρέφω: 1 aorist κατέστρεψα; perfect passive participle κατεστραμμενος (Act_15:16 T (WH, but Tr κατεστρεμμενος; cf. WH's Appendix, p. 170f)); 1. to turn over, turn under: the soil with a plow, Xenophon, oec. 17, 10. 2. to overturn, overthrow, throw down: τί, Mat_21:12; Mar_11:15; (τά κατεστραμμενος, ruins), Act_15:16 T Tr WH ((cf. κατασκάπτω)); so Hag_2:22; Job_9:5; Josephus, Antiquities 8, 7, 6; Anthol. 11, 163,6; (Diogenes Laërtius 5, 82.

καταστρέφω katastrephō 2x to invert; to overturn, upset, overthrow, throw down, Mat_21:12 ; Mar_11:15

κατα -στρέφω , [in LXX for H2015 , etc., Gen_19:21 , Jer_20:16 , al. ;] 1. to turn down, turn over; as, the soil. 2. to overturn, overthrow: Mat_21:12 , Mar_11:15 ; pass . pf . ptcp ., Act_15:16 ( LXX ). †

καταστρέφω [page 333] Syll 168 .24 (iv/B.C.) Ἀλε [ξάνδρωι Θηβῶν ἐπικρατήσα ]ντι . . κ [αὶ ἄλλα δὲ τῆς οἰκουμένης μ ]έρη καταστρεψαμένωι δι [ετέλει ἐναντιούμενος ὑπὲ ]ρ τοῦ δήμου . The verb is used metaphorically in Vett. Val. pp. 66 2 ποιεῖ δὲ καὶ γυμνῆτας ἐπαίτας κακῶς τὸν βίον καταστρέφοντας , 87 17 κακῶς δὲ τὸν βίον καταστρέφουσιν .

καταστρέφω fut. ψω "to turn down, trample on", Hhymn. : "to turn the soil", Xen. "to upset, overturn", Ar. Mid. "to subject to oneself, to subdue", Hdt. , Thuc. , etc.; κατεστρέψατο ἐς φόρου ἀπαγωγήν "subdued and made" them tributary, Hdt. ; so, Ἰωνίην κατεστρέψατο δασμοφόρον εἶναι id=Hdt. Pass., in aor1 and perf., "to be subdued", id=Hdt. ; ἀκούειν σοῦ κατέστραμμαι "am constrained to" hear, Aesch. :—but the perf. pass. is also used in sense of Mid., Hdt. , Dem. "to turn back, bring back", κατέστρεψε λόγους εἰς φιλανθρωπίαν Aeschin. "to turn round, bring to an end", Aesch. :—absol. "to come to an end, die", Plut. "to twist up": metaph., λέξις κατεστραμμένη "a close periodic" style, opp. to a loose running style (εἰρομένη) Arist.

κατα-στρέφω [in LXX for הָפַךְ, etc., Gen.19:21, Jer.20:16, al. ;] __1. to turn down, turn over; as, the soil. __2. to overturn, overthrow: Mat.21:12, Mrk.11:15; pass. pf. ptcp., Act.15:16 (LXX).† (AS)