- καταβολή
- a throwing
- καταβολή
- a foundation, depositing, sowing
- (a) foundation, (b) depositing, sowing, deposit, technically used of the act of conception.
- καταβολή
- beginning
- G:N-F
- κατα-βολή, -ῆς, ἡ
(< καταβάλλω), [in LXX: 2Ma.2:29 * ;]
__1. a laying down: εἰς κ. σπέρματος, Heb.11:11 (EV, to conceive seed).
__2. a foundation (of a house, ii Mac, l.with): metaph., ἀπὸ κ. κόσμου, Mat.13:35 (LXX) (om. ἀπὸ κ. κόσμου, WH, R, mg.),; πρὸ κ. κόσμου,Refs
Mat.25:34, Luk.11:50, Heb.4:3 9:26, Rev.13:8 17:8.†Refs
Jhn.17:24, Eph.1:4, 1Pe.1:20
(AS)
1) a throwing or laying down
1a) the injection or depositing of the virile semen in the womb
1b) of the seed of plants and animals
2) a founding (laying down a foundation)
1a) the injection or depositing of the virile semen in the womb
1b) of the seed of plants and animals
2) a founding (laying down a foundation)
καταβολή
katabolē
kat-ab-ol-ay'
From G2598; a deposition, that is, founding; figuratively conception
KJV Usage: conceive, foundation.