STRONGS G2598:
													
												
									    		καταβάλλω: passive and middle present participle 
καταβαλλόμενος; 1 aorist passive 
κατεβλήθην; (from 
Homer down); the 
Sept. for 
הִפִּיל; 
1. to cast down: 
τινα, passive, 
Revelation 12:10 Rec.; 
to throw to the ground, prostrate: passive, 
2 Corinthians 4:9 (where the metaphor is taken from an athlete or combatant). 
2. to put in a lower place: in the phrase 
θεμέλιον καταβάλλομαι, 
to lay (down) a foundation (
Josephus, Antiquities 11, 4, 4; 15, 11, 3; 
Dionysius Halicarnassus, Antiquities 3, 69; others), 
Hebrews 6:1. 
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