Quick Definition
καταβάλλω v. I cast, lay down
Strong's Definition
from 2596 and 906; to throw down
KJV Usage: cast down, lay
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | βάλλω
19.10 · Physical Impact · Hit, Strike
to knock down to hit or strike with sufficient impact so as to knock an object down It is possible to interpret καταβάλλω in 2CO 4:9 as meaning ‘to hurt badly’ (see 20.21).
20.21 · Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill · Harm, Wound
to hurt badly, to cause to suffer considerably to cause someone to suffer considerable pain or injury It is possible that in 2CO 4:9 καταβάλλω should be understood as ‘to knock down’ (see 19.10).
85.49 · (καταβάλλομαι) · Existence in Space · Put, Place
to put down, to lay to put or place something down, with the implication of permanence
1 HEB 6:1 The context of καταβάλλομαι in HEB 6:1 is, of course, figurative.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κατα-βάλλω: Pass. and Mid. pres. ptep. καταβαλλόpevos; 1 aor. pass. κατεβλήθην ; [fr. Hom. down]; Sept. for DDN; 1. to cast down: τινά, pass., Rev. xii. 10 Ree. ; to throw to the ground, prostrate: pass., 2 Co. iv. 9 (where the metaph. is taken from an athlete or combatant). 2. to put in a lower place: in the phrase 6eμέλιον καταβάλλομαι, to lay (down) a foundation (Joseph. antt. 11, 4, 4; 15,11,3; Dion. H. antt. 3, 69; al.), Heb. vi. 1.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
καταβάλλω kataballō 2x
to cast down, 2 Cor. 4:9; mid. to lay down, lay a foundation, Heb. 6:1*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κατα-βάλλω,
[in LXX chiefly for נפל hi.;]
to cast down, prostrate: metaph., pass., II Co 4:9.
to put down, lay down: metaph., mid., c. acc., θεμέλιον, He 6:1.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
καταβάλλω is used of a woman ‘‘stricken”’ with sickness in P Oxy VIII. 11219 (A.D. 295) νόσῳ κατα[β]Ἰλ[η]θεῖσα. The classical meaning ‘‘ pay’ is common in the papyri of all periods, and especially so in Byzantine documents (cf. Os¢r. i. p. 89): see e.g. P Hib I. 29° (c. B.C. 265) καταβαλ[ὼν] τὰ γινόμενα τέλη, ‘fon payment of the usual taxes,’ P Fay 1255 (c. B.c. 103) καταβαλὼν διὰ Πτολεμαίου τραπαιζίτί ου, ‘paying through Ptolemaeus the banker,’ 26. 631 (A.D. 240) κατέβαNev εἰς τὸν ᾿ΑἸντωνίου Φιλοξένου... λόγον “‘he paid into the account of Antonius Philoxenus,” and so P Strass I. 6? (A.D. 255-61) : also P Eleph 3? (B.c, 284-3), 26. 1772 (B.C. 223-2), BGU IV. 11587 (B.c. 9), and P Petr II. 11(1)® (iii/B.c.) cited s.v. δάνειον, and Sy// 936° cited s.v. ἀνάγω.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
καταβάλλω (kataballō) — to lay/throw down. καταβάλλω, future -βᾰλῶ: aorist κατέβᾰλον; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular κάββαλε [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—throw down, overthrow, κατὰ πρηνὲς βαλέειν Πριάμοιο μέλαθρον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κ. [τινὰ] ἐνθάδε [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κ. τὰ οἰκήματα, τὰ ἀγάλματα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. ἐς τὸ μηδέν to bring down to nothing, opposed to ἐξᾶραι ὑψοῦ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κάββαλλε τὸν Χείμωνα confound, defy the storm, [Refs 7th c.BC+]
2. κ. ἑαυτόν throw oneself down to sleep, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
3. strike down with a weapon, slay, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; by a blow, κ. πατάξας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of slaying victims, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. b passive, to be stricken, νόσῳ [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
4. throw into prison, κ. τινὰ ἐς ἐρκτήν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, throw, bring into a certain state, κ. [τινὰ] ἐς ξυμφοράς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς ἀπορίαν, εἰς ἀπιστίαν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
5. overthrow, refute, οἱ -βάλλοντες (i.e. λόγοι), title of work by Protagoras: κ. τινά [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
6. abuse, bully, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
7. cast down or away, cast off, reject, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, forget, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; κ. εἴς τι throw away upon a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, οἱ καταβεβλημένοι despicable fellows, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare καταβεβλημένως.
II. let fall, drop, ἀπὸ ἕο κάββαλεν υἱόν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a fawning dog, οὔατα κάββαλεν ἄμφω [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἴουλον ἀπὸ κροτάφων κ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of sails, καθ᾽ ἱστία λευκὰ βαλόντες [Refs 6th c.BC+]; κατ᾽ ὀφθαλμοὺς βαλεῖ [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰς ὀφρῦς κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τὰ κέρατα droop their feelers, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: in Politics, abandon a measure, καταβάλλοντ᾽ ἐᾶν ἐν ὑπωμοσίᾳ [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2. lay down, set down, κρεῖον μέγα κάββαλεν ἐν πυρὸς αὐγῇ [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.3. lay down, lay in stores, κ. σιτία [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, κὰτ ἄσπιδες βεβλήμεναι stored up, [Refs 7th c.BC+]
II.4. pay down, yield, bring in, ἡ λίμνη καταβάλλει ἐπ᾽ ἡμέρην ἑκάστην τάλαντον ἐκ τῶν ἰχθύων [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.4. b pay, τἀργύριον [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; τιμήν τινι ὑπέρ τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λύτρα [Refs]; καταβαλών σοι δραχμὴν τῶν βοτρύων for them, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; κ. ζημίαν pay up, discharge a fine, [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—later in middle, μισθὸν καταβαλέσθαι [Refs 4th c.AD+]
II.5. put in, deposit, in passive, εἰ ἡ μαρτυρία κατεβάλλετο ἐνταῦθα [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—but usually in middle, deposit, γράμματα εἰς κιβωτόν [Refs]; ψευδεῖς γραφὰς εἰς τὰ δημόσια γράμματα Docum. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; δόγμα [Refs]
II.6. throw down seed, sow, [Refs 4th c.BC+], compare καταβλητέο; κ. τὸ σπέρμα, of the male, [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κ. φάτιν ὡς.. spread abroad a rumour, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.7. lay down as a foundation, mostly in middle, τὴν τῆς ναυπηγίας ἀρχὴν καταβαλλόμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+] beginning a lament [Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence generally, to be the author of, commit to writing, ἱστορικὰς καταβαλόμενοι πραγματείας [Refs 1st c.BC+]; λόγον Darius cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:— passive, ὅταν δὲ κρηπὶς μὴ καταβληθῇ.. ὀρθῶς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καταβεβλημέναι μαθήσεις fundamental, established, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ κ. παιδεύματα[Refs 1st c.BC+]
II.8. with infinitive, γάμον καταβάλλομ᾽ ἀείδειν I begin my song of, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
III. passive, lie down, εἰς εὐνάν [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
III.2. like{καταβαίνω} [Refs]arrive at in a course of lectures, εἰς Γοργίαν [Refs 5th c.AD+] __B intransitive, fall, εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]