Definition

an overturn ("catastrophe"), i.e. demolition; figuratively, apostasy

Etymology

from G2690 (καταστρέφω);

Word family

• καταστρέφω katastréphō

How the KJV renders it

• overthrow
• subverting

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.