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Strong's G2679 κατασκάπτω (kataskapto)

Kataskapto means “dig down” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2679 — chatsihammenuchoth (“half of the Manahethites”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2679
Language Greek
Linked Usages 28
Books 15

Strong's G2679 Quick Answer

Strong's G2679 κατασκάπτω (kataskapto) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. kataskapto (kat-as-kap'-to) v. 1. to undermine 2. (by implication) destroy It has 28 linked Bible usages across 15 books. Visible English usage signals include down. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
kataskapto (kat-as-kap'-to) v. 1. to undermine 2. (by implication) destroy
Usage
28 linked usages
Books
15 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
down

Meaning and Definition

kataskapto (kat-as-kap'-to) v. 1. to undermine 2. (by implication) destroy [from G2596 and G4626] KJV: dig down, ruin Root(s): G2596, G4626

Original Word
κατασκάπτω
Transliteration
kataskapto
Derivation
Root: σκάπτω R1: 2596 R2: 4626
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2679. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's G2679 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render kataskapto, 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.

down Acts 15:16

How Strong's G2679 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. 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.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 23 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2679 (κατασκάπτω) appears 27 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2679 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2679 in the New Testament

2 indexed usages in New Testament.

Acts 15:16 KJV

After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:

Romans 11:3 KJV

Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.

Strong's G2679 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

23 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Deuteronomy 12:3 Septuagint / Brenton

And ye shall destroy their altars, and break in pieces their pillars, and ye shall cut down their groves, and ye shall burn with fire the graven images of their gods, and ye shall abolish their name out of that place.

Judges 8:9 Septuagint / Brenton

And Gideon said to the men of Penuel, When I return in peace, I will break down this tower.

3 Kingdoms 18:32 Septuagint / Brenton

And he built up the stones in the name of the Lord, and repaired the altar that had been broken down; and he made a trench that would hold two measures of seed round about the altar.

Strong's G2679 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

3 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 2:24 Septuagint / Brenton

Then he went over Euphrates, and went through Mesopotamia, and destroyed all the high cities that were upon the river Abron, till ye come to the sea.

Judith 3:8 Septuagint / Brenton

Yet he did cast down their frontiers, and cut down their groves: for he had decreed to destroy all the gods of the land, that all nations should worship Nebuchadnezzar only, and that all tongues and tribes should call upon him as a god.

2 Maccabees 14:33 Septuagint / Brenton

he stretched out his right hand toward the temple, and made an oath in this manner: If ye will not deliver me Judas as a prisoner, I will lay this temple of God even with the ground, and I will break down the altar, and erect a notable temple unto Bacchus.

Usage Excerpts

First 28 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2679.

Deuteronomy 12:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall destroy their altars, and break in pieces their pillars, and ye shall cut down their groves, and ye shall burn with fire the graven images of their gods, and ye shall abolish their name out of that place.
Judges 8:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Gideon said to the men of Penuel, When I return in peace, I will break down this tower.
3 Kingdoms 18:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he built up the stones in the name of the Lord, and repaired the altar that had been broken down; and he made a trench that would hold two measures of seed round about the altar.
3 Kingdoms 19:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Elijah said, I have been very jealous for the Lord Almighty, because the children of Israel have forsaken thee: they have dug down thine altars, and have slain thy prophets with the sword; and I only am left alone, and they seek my life to take it.
1 Chronicles 20:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass at the return of the year, at the time of the going forth of kings to war, that Joab gathered the whole force of the army, and they ravaged the land of the children of Ammon; and he came and besieged Rabbah. But David abode in Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah and destroyed it.
2 Chronicles 32:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Hezekiah strengthened himself, and built all the wall that had been pulled down, and the towers, and another wall in front without, and fortified the strong place of the city of David, and prepared arms in abundance.
2 Chronicles 36:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
utterly destroyed every beautiful vessel.
Proverbs 11:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But by the mouths of ungodly men it is overthrown.
Proverbs 14:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Wise women build houses: But a foolish one digs hers down with her hands.
Proverbs 24:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he becomes destitute, And his stone walls are broken down.
Proverbs 36:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Jeremiah 1:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, I have appointed thee this day over nations and over kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to rebuild, and to plant.
Jeremiah 2:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The lions roared upon him, and uttered their voice, which have made his land a wilderness: and his cities are broken down, that they should not be inhabited.
Jeremiah 5:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Go up upon her battlements, and break them down; but make not a full end: leave her buttresses; for they are the Lord’s.
Jeremiah 27:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and prevail against her: her hands are weakened, her bulwarks are fallen, and her wall is broken down: for it is vengeance from God: take vengeance upon her; as she has done, do to her.
Jeremiah 28:58 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord, The wall of Babylon was made broad, but it shall be completely broken down, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the peoples shall not labor in vain, nor the nations fail in their rule.
Ezekiel 13:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will break down the wall which ye have plastered, and it shall fall; and I will lay it on the ground, and its foundations shall be discovered, and it shall fall; and ye shall be consumed with rebukes: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 16:39 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will deliver thee into their hands, and they shall break down thy house of harlotry, and destroy thy high place; and they shall strip thee of thy garments, and shall take thy proud ornaments, and leave thee naked and bare.
Ezekiel 36:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall say, That desolate land is become like a garden of delight; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are inhabited.
Hosea 10:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They have divided their hearts; now shall they be utterly destroyed: he shall dig down their altars, their pillars shall mourn.
Joel 1:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The heifers have started at their mangers, the treasures are abolished, the winepresses are broken down; for the corn is withered.
Amos 3:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For in the day wherein I shall take vengeance of the sins of Israel upon him, I will also take vengeance on the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be broken down, and they shall fall upon the ground.
Amos 9:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and will rebuild the ruins of it, and will set up the parts thereof that have been broken down, and will build it up as in the ancient days:
Acts 15:16 New Testament, KJV
After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
Romans 11:3 New Testament, KJV
Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
Judith 2:24 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then he went over Euphrates, and went through Mesopotamia, and destroyed all the high cities that were upon the river Abron, till ye come to the sea.
Judith 3:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Yet he did cast down their frontiers, and cut down their groves: for he had decreed to destroy all the gods of the land, that all nations should worship Nebuchadnezzar only, and that all tongues and tribes should call upon him as a god.
2 Maccabees 14:33 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
he stretched out his right hand toward the temple, and made an oath in this manner: If ye will not deliver me Judas as a prisoner, I will lay this temple of God even with the ground, and I will break down the altar, and erect a notable temple unto Bacchus.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2679, grouped by book.

Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
Romans 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G2679 FAQ

What does kataskapto (κατασκάπτω) mean?

Kataskapto (Strong's G2679) is a Greek word most simply glossed "dig down". kataskapto (kat-as-kap'-to) v. 1. to undermine 2. (by implication) destroy

How many times is kataskapto (κατασκάπτω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 28 linked usages for Strong's G2679 across 15 books.

Where can I study kataskapto (κατασκάπτω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2679 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate kataskapto (κατασκάπτω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as down. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2679 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 23 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 3 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2679, with linked reader references where each row is available.