STRONGS G384:
ἀνασκευάζω; (
σκευάζω, from
σκεῦος a vessel, utensil);
1. to pack up baggage (Latin
vasa colligere)
in order to carry it away to another place: Xenophon, an. 5, 10, (6, 2) 8. Middle
to move one's furniture (when setting out for some other place, Xenophon, Cyril 8, 5, 4
ὅταν δὲ ἀνασκευάζωνται,
συντίθησι μὲν ἕκαστος τὰ σκεύη); hence,
2. of an enemy
dismantling, plundering, a place (Thucydides 4, 116);
to overthrow, ravage, destroy, towns, lands, etc.; tropically,
ψυχάς,
to turn away violently from a right state, to unsettle, subvert:
Acts 15:24.
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