- καταβάλλω
- καταβάλλω fut. καταβαλῶ LXX; 2 aor. κατέβαλον; pf. 3 sg. καταβέβληκε Pr 7:26. Pass.: aor. ptc. καταβληθείς 4 Macc 12:1; pf. ptc. καταβεβλημένη Pr 25:28 (s. βάλλω; Hom.+; ins, pap, LXX, En; TestSol 23:1; TestJob 18:1; ApcEsdr 5:12 p. 30, 6 [τὸν σπόρον … ἐν τῇ γῇ; cp. Ath. 33, 1]; EpArist, Philo, Joseph., Just., Tat., Ath.).① to strike with sufficient force so as to knock down, throw down, strike down act. and pass. (X., Cyr. 1, 3, 14 et al.—‘desist from, cease’ Tat. 1, 2; 9, 3; Ath. 21, 3) τινά someone (Diod S 14, 17, 10; Appian, Liby. 111, §527; Lucian, Dial. Deor. 14, 2; Philo, Agr. 120; PsSol, TestSol, Just.; Tat. 20, 1) pass. καταβαλλόμενοι ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἀπολλύμενοι struck down, but not destroyed 2 Cor 4:9; cp. Rv 12:10 v.l.② to lay someth. down with implication of permanence, found, lay (a foundation), θεμέλιον, mid. (Dionys. Hal. 3, 69 τοὺς θεμελίους; Porphyr., Abst. 8, 10; Jos., Ant. 11, 93; 15, 391; cp. 2 Macc 2:13 βιβλιοθήκην; EpArist 104) in imagery (so e.g. of the founding of a philos. school Plut., Mor. 329a) Hb 6:1.—M-M.
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