What does καταβολή · κόσμος mean in the Bible?
καταβολή · κόσμος is a Greek phrase meaning "foundation of the world".
Greek · G2602, G2889
καταβολῆς κόσμου
Beginning · world
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καταβολή G2602 beginning
Pronunciation katabolḗ
Foundation of the world; the primordial laying-down before creation's beginning, emphasizing temporal priority.
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κόσμος G2889 world
Pronunciation kósmos
The world as an ordered system, but especially the realm of human affairs hostile to God's kingdom.
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What does καταβολῆς κόσμου (katabolēs kosmou) mean in the Bible?
καταβολή · κόσμος is a Greek phrase meaning "foundation of the world".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2602, G2889?
G2602, G2889 is connected to 11 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. foundation of the world
Source Gloss
foundation of the world
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 11 Case pattern Genitive (10) Number pattern Singular (11)
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 13:35 · Matt 25:34 · Luke 11:50 · John 17:24 · Eph 1:4 · Heb 4:3 · Heb 9:26 · 1 Pet 1:20 · Rev 13:8 · Rev 17:8 10×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Heb 11:11 1×
Word Origins
καταβολῆς κόσμου is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain