καθαίρεσις
kathairesis · tearing down
Greek word · Strong’s number G2506 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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kathairesis (καθαίρεσις) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “tearing down”.
Destruction of what had been built up.
How to say it
ka·thai·re·sis
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Pulling down what stood.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- demolition ×2
- demolishing you ×1
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 2 Corinthians 10:4
for the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly but powerful for God for the demolition of strongholds, demolishing arguments
- 2 Corinthians 10:8
For even if I boast somewhat more about our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for demolishing you, I will not be ashamed.
- 2 Corinthians 13:10
For this reason I write these things while absent, so that when present I may not have to act severely according to the authority that the Lord gave me for building up and not for demolition.