UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: σκάπτω

Sense 1: to tear down, to destroy

Semantic entry: 20.56

Semantic domains: Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill

Subdomains: Destroy

Definition: (a figurative extension of meaning of κατασκάπτω ‘to dig down,’ not occurring in the NT) to tear down or destroy by digging down into or under

ACT 15:16: OET ACT 15:16 (RV-only ACT 15:16 · LV-only ACT 15:16)

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OET-RV ACT 15:16

16 ‘After these things have happened I will return,
⇔ and I will rebuild the worship tent from David’s time that has collapsed,
⇔ Although it was overturned, I will rebuild and restore it,

OET-LV ACT 15:16

16 After these things I _will _be _returning and I _will _be _rebuilding _up the tent of _Dawid/(Dāvid) which having _fallen, and of _it which having _been _overturned, I _will _be _rebuilding _up and I _will _be _restoring it,

ROM 11:3: OET ROM 11:3 (RV-only ROM 11:3 · LV-only ROM 11:3)

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OET-RV ROM 11:3

3 ‘Yahweh, they killed your prophets and tore down your altars, and I was left alone, and now they want to kill me!’

OET-LV ROM 11:3

3 master, the prophets of _you they _killed _off, the altars of _you they _tore _down, and _I was _left alone, and they _are _seeking the life of _me.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

κατασκάπτω

Form 1

Sense 1: to tear down, to destroy