Definition

demolition; figuratively, extinction

Etymology

from G2507 (καθαιρέω);

Word family

• καθαιρέω kathairéō

How the KJV renders it

• destruction
• pulling down

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.