Definition

to undermine, i.e. (by implication) destroy

Etymology

from G2596 (κατά) and G4626 (σκάπτω);

Word family

• κατά katá
• σκάπτω skáptō

How the KJV renders it

• dig down
• ruin

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.