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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