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καταβολή

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
καταβολή, -ῆς, ἡ
Greek transliteration: 
katabolē
Simplified transliteration: 
katabole
Numbers
Strong's number: 
2602
GK Number: 
2856
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
11
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-1b
Gloss: 
creation (of the world), beginning, foundation
Definition: 
pr. a casting down; laying the foundation, foundation; beginning, commencement, Mt. 13:35; 25:34; conception in the womb, Heb. 11:11

Greek-English Concordance for καταβολή

Matthew 13:35 so that what was spoken by the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things kept secret from the foundation (katabolēs | καταβολῆς | gen sg fem) of the world.”
Matthew 25:34 Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation (katabolēs | καταβολῆς | gen sg fem) of the world.
Luke 11:50 so that the blood of all the prophets, shed since the foundation (katabolēs | καταβολῆς | gen sg fem) of the world, may be charged against this generation,
John 17:24 Father, I desire that those also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, so they may see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the creation (katabolēs | καταβολῆς | gen sg fem) of the world.
Ephesians 1:4 even as he chose us in him before the creation (katabolēs | καταβολῆς | gen sg fem) of the world to be holy and blameless before him. In love
Hebrews 4:3 For we who have believed do enter that rest, just as God has said, “As I swore in my anger, ‘They shall certainly not enter my rest,’” and yet his work has been completed since the foundation (katabolēs | καταβολῆς | gen sg fem) of the world
Hebrews 9:26 for then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation (katabolēs | καταβολῆς | gen sg fem) of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the climax of the ages to put away sin by his sacrifice.
Hebrews 11:11 By faith Abraham was enabled to become a father (katabolēn | καταβολήν | acc sg fem) — even though Sarah herself was sterile and beyond the normal age of childbearing — because he regarded as faithful the one who had made the promise.
1 Peter 1:20 He was chosen in advance, before the foundation (katabolēs | καταβολῆς | gen sg fem) of the world, but was revealed at the end of the times for you
Revelation 13:8 And all those living on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb who was slain from the foundation (katabolēs | καταβολῆς | gen sg fem) of the world.
Revelation 17:8 The beast that you saw was, and now is not, but is about to rise from the abyss and go to destruction. And those who dwell on the earth, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life from the foundation (katabolēs | καταβολῆς | gen sg fem) of the world, will be astounded when they see the beast, because he was and is not, but is to come.