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Strong's G2690 καταστρέφω (katastrepho)

Katastrepho means “overthrow” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2690 — chatsar (“blow”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2690
Language Greek
Linked Usages 37
Books 21

Strong's G2690 Quick Answer

Strong's G2690 καταστρέφω (katastrepho) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. katastrepho (kat-as-tref'-o) v. 1. to turn upside down, i.e. upset [from G2596 and G4762] It has 37 linked Bible usages across 21 books. Visible English usage signals include overthrew, lord, god, overthrown, and cities. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
katastrepho (kat-as-tref'-o) v. 1. to turn upside down, i.e. upset [from G2596 and G4762]
Usage
37 linked usages
Books
21 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
overthrew, lord, god, overthrown, and cities

Meaning and Definition

katastrepho (kat-as-tref'-o) v. 1. to turn upside down, i.e. upset [from G2596 and G4762] KJV: overthrow Root(s): G2596, G4762

Original Word
καταστρέφω
Transliteration
katastrepho
Derivation
Root: στρέφω R1: 2596 R2: 4762
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2690. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to overturn

Usage: κατα-στρέφω [in LXX for הָפַךְ, etc., Gen.19:21, Jer.20:16, al. ;] __1. to turn down, turn over; as, the soil. __2. to overturn, overthrow: Mat.21:12, Mrk.11:15; pass. pf. ptcp., Act.15:16 (LXX).† (AS)

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English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

overthrew lord god overthrown cities out man about sodom gomorrah land overthrow

How Strong's G2690 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 26 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 G2690 (καταστρέφω) appears 38 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2690 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 G2690 in the New Testament

2 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 21:12 KJV

And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,

Mark 11:15 KJV

And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;

Strong's G2690 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

26 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 13:10 Septuagint / Brenton

And Lot having lifted up his eyes, observed all the country round about Jordan, that it was all watered, before God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, as the garden of the Lord, and as the land of Egypt, until thou come to Zoar.

Genesis 19:21 Septuagint / Brenton

And he said to him, Behold, I have had respect to thee also about this thing, that I should not overthrow the city about which thou hast spoken.

Genesis 19:25 Septuagint / Brenton

And he overthrew these cities, and all the country round about, and all that dwelt in the cities, and the plants springing out of the ground.

Strong's G2690 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

9 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

2 Maccabees 9:28 Septuagint / Brenton

Thus the murderer and blasphemer having suffered most grievously, as he entreated other men, so died he a miserable death in a strange country in the mountains.

3 Maccabees 3:23 Septuagint / Brenton

have rejected the inestimable rights. Not only so, but by using speech, and by refraining from speech, they abhor the few among them who are heartily disposed toward us; ever deeming that their ignoble course of procedure will force us to do away with our reform.

3 Maccabees 7:16 Septuagint / Brenton

They themselves having held fast their God unto death, and having enjoyed a full deliverance, departed from the city garlanded with sweet-flowered wreaths of every kind. Uttering exclamations of joy, with songs of praise, and melodious hymns they thanked the God of their fathers, the eternal Savior of Israel.

Usage Excerpts

First 37 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2690.

Genesis 13:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Lot having lifted up his eyes, observed all the country round about Jordan, that it was all watered, before God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, as the garden of the Lord, and as the land of Egypt, until thou come to Zoar.
Genesis 19:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to him, Behold, I have had respect to thee also about this thing, that I should not overthrow the city about which thou hast spoken.
Genesis 19:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he overthrew these cities, and all the country round about, and all that dwelt in the cities, and the plants springing out of the ground.
Genesis 19:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass that when God destroyed all the cities of the region round about, God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when the Lord overthrew those cities in which Lot dwelt.
Deuteronomy 29:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And another generation shall say—even your sons who shall rise up after you, and the stranger who shall come from a land afar off, and shall see the plagues of that land and their diseases, which the Lord has sent upon it,
Judges 8:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he overthrew the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
4 Kingdoms 21:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measure of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a jar is wiped, and turned upside down in the wiping.
Ezra 6:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed.
Job 9:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Who wears out the mountains, and men know it not: Who overturns them in anger.
Job 11:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if he should overthrow all things, who will say to him, What hast thou done?
Job 12:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If he should withhold the water, he will dry the earth: And if he should let it loose, he overthrows and destroys it.
Job 12:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He sends away priests into captivity, And overthrows the mighty ones of the earth.
Job 18:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Anger has possessed thee: For what if thou shouldest die; would the earth under heaven be desolate? Or shall the mountains be overthrown from their foundations?
Job 24:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in wrath he has overthrown the helpless: Therefore when he has arisen, a man will not feel secure of his own life.
Job 28:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He has stretched forth his hand on the sharp rock, And turned up mountains by the roots:
Psalms 88:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou hast overthrown the covenant of thy servant; Thou hast profaned his sanctuary, casting it to the ground.
Isaiah 1:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Your land is desolate, your cities burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is made desolate, overthrown by strange nations.
Isaiah 13:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Babylon, which is called glorious by the king of the Chaldeans, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
Jeremiah 20:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let that man rejoice as the cities which the Lord overthrew in wrath, and repented not: let him hear crying in the morning, and loud lamentation at noon;
Jeremiah 27:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities bordering upon them, saith the Lord: no man shall dwell there, and no son of man shall sojourn there.
Jeremiah 30:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As Sodom was overthrown and Gomorrah and they that sojourned in her, saith the Lord Almighty, no man shall dwell there, nor shall any son of man inhabit there.
Lamentations 4:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the iniquity of the daughter of my people has been increased Beyond the iniquities of Sodom, The city that was overthrown very suddenly, And none labored against her with their hands.
Amos 4:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I overthrew you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye became as a brand plucked out of the fire: yet not even thus did ye return to me, saith the Lord.
Jonah 3:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jonah began to enter into the city about a day’s journey, and he proclaimed, and said, Yet three days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
Haggai 2:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and I will overthrow the thrones of kings, and I will destroy the power of the kings of the nations; and I will overthrow chariots and riders; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword striving against his brother.
Malachi 1:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Because one will say, Edom has been overthrown, but let us return and rebuild the desolate places; thus saith the Lord Almighty, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall be called The borders of wickedness, and, The people against whom the Lord has set himself forever.
Matthew 21:12 New Testament, KJV
And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,
Mark 11:15 New Testament, KJV
And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;
2 Maccabees 9:28 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus the murderer and blasphemer having suffered most grievously, as he entreated other men, so died he a miserable death in a strange country in the mountains.
3 Maccabees 3:23 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
have rejected the inestimable rights. Not only so, but by using speech, and by refraining from speech, they abhor the few among them who are heartily disposed toward us; ever deeming that their ignoble course of procedure will force us to do away with our reform.
3 Maccabees 7:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
They themselves having held fast their God unto death, and having enjoyed a full deliverance, departed from the city garlanded with sweet-flowered wreaths of every kind. Uttering exclamations of joy, with songs of praise, and melodious hymns they thanked the God of their fathers, the eternal Savior of Israel.
Wisdom of Sirach 10:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For pride is the beginning of sin, And he that hath it shall pour out abomination: And therefore the Lord brought upon them strange calamities, And overthrew them utterly.
Wisdom of Sirach 10:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord overthrew countries of the heathen, And destroyed them to the foundations of the earth.
Wisdom of Sirach 27:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Unless a man hold himself diligently in the fear of the Lord, His house shall soon be overthrown.
Wisdom of Sirach 28:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
A backbiting tongue hath disquieted many, And driven them from nation to nation: Strong cities hath it pulled down, And overthrown the houses of great men.
Daniel 1:22 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Book 152 1:22 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2690, grouped by book.

Genesis 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jonah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Haggai 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Malachi 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Daniel 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Book 152 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G2690 FAQ

What does katastrepho (καταστρέφω) mean?

Katastrepho (Strong's G2690) is a Greek word most simply glossed "overthrow". katastrepho (kat-as-tref'-o) v. 1. to turn upside down, i.e. upset [from G2596 and G4762]

How many times is katastrepho (καταστρέφω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 37 linked usages for Strong's G2690 across 21 books.

Where can I study katastrepho (καταστρέφω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2690 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate katastrepho (καταστρέφω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as overthrew, lord, god, overthrown, cities, and out. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2690 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 26 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 9 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2690, with linked reader references where each row is available.