Kathairesis means “destruction” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H2506 — cheleq (“flattery”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G2506 καθαίρεσις (kathairesis) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. kathairesis (kath-ai'-res-is) n. 1. demolition 2. (figuratively) extinction It has 5 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include destruction and pulling. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
kathairesis (kath-ai'-res-is) n. 1. demolition 2. (figuratively) extinction [from G2507] KJV: destruction, pulling down Root(s): G2507
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2506. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
destruction
Usage: καθ-αίρεσις, -εως, ἡ (καθαιρέω), [in LXX: Exo.23:24 (הָרַס), 1Ma.3:43 * ;] a pulling down, destruction: figuratively, κ. ὀχυρωμάτων, 2Co.10:4; opposite to οἰκοδομή, 2Co.10:8 13:10.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render kathairesis, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G2506 (καθαίρεσις) appears 2 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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3 indexed usages in New Testament.
(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:
Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.
1 indexed usage in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
Thou shalt not worship their gods, nor serve them: thou shalt not do according to their works, but shalt utterly destroy them, and break to pieces their pillars.
1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
they said one to another, Let us restore the decayed estate of our people, and let us fight for our people and the sanctuary.
First 5 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2506.
Thou shalt not worship their gods, nor serve them: thou shalt not do according to their works, but shalt utterly destroy them, and break to pieces their pillars.
(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:
Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.
they said one to another, Let us restore the decayed estate of our people, and let us fight for our people and the sanctuary.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2506, grouped by book.
Kathairesis (Strong's G2506) is a Greek word most simply glossed "destruction". kathairesis (kath-ai'-res-is) n. 1. demolition 2. (figuratively) extinction
This page currently indexes 5 linked usages for Strong's G2506 across 3 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2506 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as destruction and pulling. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 1 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2506, with linked reader references where each row is available.