| Strong's Concordance kathairesis: a pulling downOriginal Word: καθαίρεσις, εως, ἡ Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: kathairesis Phonetic Spelling: (kath-ah'-ee-res-is) Short Definition: taking down, destroying Definition: taking down, razing, destroying. HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 2506 kathaíresis (from 2507 /kathairéō) – demolition, i.e. taking down (apart) to destroy, raze. See 2507 (kathaireō). Thayer's Greek LexiconSTRONGS NT 2506: καθαίρεσις καθαίρεσις, καθαιρεσεως, ἡ (καθαιρέω, which see), a pulling down, destruction, demolition: ὀχυρωμάτων (A. V. of strongholds), 2 Corinthians 10:4 (τῶν τειχῶν, Xenophon, Hell. 2, 2, 15; 5, 1, 35; Polybius 23, 7, 6; Diodorus excerpt. leg. 13; destructio murorum, Suetonius, Galba 12); εἰς οἰκοδομήν καί οὐκ εἰς καθαίρεσιν ὑμῶν, for building up (increasing) not for casting down (the extinction of) the godly, upright, blessed life you lead in fellowship with Christ (see οἰκοδομή, 1): 2 Corinthians 10:8; 2 Corinthians 13:10. (From Thucydides down.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordancedestruction, pulling down. From kathaireo; demolition; figuratively, extinction -- destruction, pulling down. see GREEK kathaireo Forms and Transliterationsκαθαιρέσει καθαιρεσιν καθαίρεσιν kathairesin kathaíresin LinksInterlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's ConcordanceStrong's Greek 2506 3 Occurrences καθαίρεσιν — 3 Occ. 2 Corinthians 10:4 N-AFS GRK: θεῷ πρὸς καθαίρεσιν ὀχυρωμάτων NAS: powerful for the destruction of fortresses. KJV: to the pulling down of strong holds;) INT: divine to overthrow of strongholds 2 Corinthians 10:8 N-AFS 2 Corinthians 13:10 N-AFS | 



