STRONGS G2506:
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.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- 2 Corinthians
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10:4; 10:8; 13:10