STRONGS G2602:
καταβολή,
καταβολῆς,
ἡ (
καταβάλλω, which see);
1. a throwing or laying down:
τοῦ σπέρματος (namely,
εἰς τήν μήτραν), the injection or depositing of the virile semen in the womb,
Lucian, amor. 19;
Galen, aphorism. iv. § 1; of the seed of animals and plants,
Philo de opif. mund. §§ 22, 45;
σπέρματα τά εἰς γῆν ἤ μήτραν καταβαλλομενα,
Antoninus 4, 36; accordingly many interpret the words
Σάρρα δύναμιν εἰς καταβολήν σπέρματος ἔλαβε in
Hebrews 11:11, she received power to conceive seed. But since it belongs to the male
καταβάλλειν τό σπέρμα, not to the female, this interpretation cannot stand ((according to the reading of
WH marginal reading
αὐτῇ Σάρρα, Abr. remains the subjunctive of
ἔλαβεν; but see 2 below)); cf. Bleek (and, on the other side, Kurtz) at the passage
2. a founding (laying down a foundation):
εἰς καταβολήν σπέρματος, to found a posterity,
Hebrews 11:11 (but compare above) (
πυραννιδος,
Polybius 13, 6, 2;
ἅμα τῇ πρώτη καταβολή τῶν ἀνθρώπων,
Plato, aquae et ignis comp. C. 2).
ἀπό καταβολῆς κόσμου, from the foundation of the world:
Matthew 13:35 (
L T Tr WH omit
κόσμου);
Matthew 25:34;
Luke 11:50;
Hebrews 4:3;
Hebrews 9:28;
Revelation 13:8;
Revelation 17:8;
πρό καταβολῆς κόσμου,
John 17:24;
Ephesians 1:4;
1 Peter 1:20.
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