Word study · Greek

katastrophḗ

subverting

Say it: kat-as-trof-AY (approximate)

καταστροφή

What it means

Overturning, ruin, destruction (the source of the English "catastrophe"). In 2:14, "to the subverting of those who hear," and in 2 Peter 2:6, the "destruction" of Sodom.

Range of meaning

  • RuinTotal overthrow.
  • SubvertingOverturning.

In 2 Timothy

  • Chapter 2

    "To the subverting of those who hear" (2:14). The word means ruin.

Every verse (1)

Verses where G2692 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources