ΚΑΤΑΒΟΛΗ, καταβολη
KATABOLĒ, katabolē
Sounds Like: kah-tah-boh-LEE
Translations: foundation, a foundation, laying down, a laying down, conception, a conception, beginning, a beginning
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΒΟΛΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the act of laying down, casting down, or founding something. It can denote the act of establishing a foundation, as in a building, or the beginning of something, such as the creation of the world. It can also refer to the act of conceiving, as in the conception of a child. It is a compound word formed from the preposition ΚΑΤΑ (down) and the verb ΒΑΛΛΩ (to throw, cast).
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G2602 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 102:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΒΟΛΗ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΚΑΤΑΒΟΛΑΣ — of a foundation, of a deposit, of a laying down, foundations, deposits, layings down
- ΚΑΤΑΒΟΛΗΝ — foundation, a foundation, laying down, a laying down, casting down, a casting down, conception, a conception
- ΚΑΤΑΒΟΛΗΣ — of foundation, of a foundation, of laying down, of casting down, of conception
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