Overthrow

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

A — 1: Καταστροφή (Strong'S #2692 — Noun Feminine — katastrophe — kat-as-trof-ay' )

lit., "a turning down" (kata, "down," strophe, "a turning;" Eng., "catastrophe"), is used (a) literally,  2—Peter 2:6; (b) metaphorically,  2—Timothy 2:14 , "subverting," i.e., the "overthrowing" of faith. Cp. kathairesis, "a pulling down,"  2—Corinthians 10:4,8;  13:10 .

B — 1: Καταστρέφω (Strong'S #2690 — Verb — katastrepho — kat-as-tref'-o )

akin to A, lit. and primarily, "to turn down" or "turn over," as, e.g., the soil, denotes to "overturn, overthrow,"  Matthew 21:12;  Mark 11:15; in  Acts 15:16 , Passive Voice, "ruins," lit., "the overthrown (things) of it" (some mss. have kataskapto, "to dig down"). See Ruin.

B — 2: Ἀναστρέφω (Strong'S #390 — Verb — anastrepho — an-as-tref'-o )

is found in some mss. in  John 2:15 (see No. 3). See Abide , No. 8.

B — 3: Ἀνατρέπω (Strong'S #396 — Verb — anatrepo — an-at-rep'-o )

lit., "to turn up or over" (ana, "up," trepo, "to turn"), "to upset," is used (a) literally, in the most authentic mss., in  John 2:15 (see No. 2); (b) metaphorically, in   2—Timothy 2:18 , "overthrow (the faith of some);" in  Titus 1:11 , RV, "overthrow (whole houses)," AV, "subvert ...," i.e., households. Moulton and Milligan (Vocab.) give an apt illustration from a 2nd cent. papyrus, of the complete upsetting of a family by the riotous conduct of a member.

B — 4: Καταλύω (Strong'S #2647 — Verb — kataluo — kat-al-oo'-o )

lit., "to loosen down," signifies "to overthrow" in  Acts 5:38 , RV, "it will be overthrown" (AV, "it will come to nought");  Romans 14:20 , RV, "overthrow" (AV, "destroy"). See Destroy.

B — 5: Καταστρώννυμι (Strong'S #2693 — Verb — katastronnumi — kat-as-trone'-noo-mee )

primarily, "to strew" or "spread over" (kata, "down," stronnumi, or stronnuo, "to spread"), then, "to overthrow," has this meaning in  1—Corinthians 10:5 , "they were overthrown." In the Sept.,  Numbers 14:16;  Job 12:23 .

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( v. t.) To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down.

(2): ( n.) A faulty return of the ball by a fielder, so that the striker makes an additional run.

(3): ( n.) The act of throwing a ball too high, as over a player's head.

(4): ( n.) The act of overthrowing; the state of being overthrow; ruin.

(5): ( v. t.) To cause to fall or to fail; to subvert; to defeat; to make a ruin of; to destroy.

King James Dictionary

Overthrow See Throw.

1. To turn upside down.

His wife overthrew the table.

2. To throw down. 3. To ruin to demolish.

When the walls of Thebes he overthrew.

4. To defeat to conquer to vanquish as, to overthrow an army or an enemy. 5. To subvert to destroy as, to overthrow the constitution or state to overthrow religion.