Subvert, Subverting - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Subvert, Subverting

[ A-1,Verb,G384, anaskeuazo ]
primarily, to pack up baggage" (ana, "up," skeuos, "a vessel"), hence, from a military point of view, "to dismantle a town, to plunder," is used metaphorically in Acts 15:24, of unsettling or "subverting" the souls of believers. In the papyri it is used of going bankrupt.

Note: For anatrepo, Titus 1:11, See OVERTHROW, B, No. 3. For ekstrepho, Titus 3:11, See PERVERT, No. 4.

[ B-1,Noun,G2692, katastrophe ]
"an overthrow," 2 Peter 2:6 (Eng., "catastrophe"), is rendered "subverting" in 2 Timothy 2:14. See OVERTHROW.

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