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Strong's #2679 - κατασκάπτω
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- to dig under, dig down, demolish, destroy
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κατασκάπτω,
pf. -έσκᾰφα Isoc. 14.35: —
dig down, ἐπὶ θάτερα τῆς ἀμπέλου Thphr. HP 4.13.5; but usu., II destroy utterly, raze to the ground, τὸ ἄστυ Hdt. 7.156; Τροίαν κ. βίᾳ S. Ph. 998, cf. A. Ag. 525; πάτραν S. OC 1421; δόμους E. HF 566; πόλιν SIG 344.7 (Teos, iv B.C.), cf. D. 18.71; το τέγος Ar. Nu. 1488; τὰ τείχη ἐς ἔδαφος Th. 4.109, cf. Lys. 12.40, Isoc. l.c., Arist. Ath. 37.1; τὸν λιμένα Aeschin. 3.123; τὰ θυσιαστήρια LXX 3 Ki. 19.10; τὴν οἰκίαν εἰς ἔδαφος Plu. Publ. 10, etc.: — Pass., ϝοικία κατασκαπτέσθω Berl.Sitzb. 1927.8 (Locr., v B.C.); τὰ οἱκία οἱ κατεσκάφη Hdt. 6.72; πατρῴα ἑστία κατεσκάφη E. Hec. 22; τὰ κατεσκαμμένα ἀναστήσω LXX Amos 9:11.
κατασκάπτω: 1 aorist κατεσκαψα; perfect passive participle κατεσκαμμένος; to dig under, dig down, demolish, destroy: τί, Romans 11:3, from 1 Kings 19:10; passive Acts 15:16 (R G L), from Amos 9:11 ((but see καταστρέφω)). (Tragg., Thucydides, Xenophon, and following).
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κατασκάπτω occurs ter in Syll 177 (Teos—B.C. 303), e.g. .7 ἐὰν δὲ δεῖ κατασκάπτειν τὴν ὑπάρχουσαν πόλιν, [καταλειφθῆναι μὲ ]ν τῶν ὑπαρχουσῶν τὰς ἡμισείας. For the subst. cf. ib. 211.9 (iii/B.C. ?) εἰς τὴν ἔκπεμψι [ν τ ]ῶν στρατιωτ [ῶν ] καὶ τῆς ἀκροπόλεως τὴν κατα [σκα ]φήν.
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