καθαιρέωkathairéō

Meanings

Same root

• κατάkatá · G2596(prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined)
• αἱρέομαιhairéomai · G138to take for oneself, i.e. to prefer
• καθαίρεσιςkathaíresis · G2506demolition; figuratively, extinction

Where it appears

Appears 8 times in the Bible.

• Mark 15:36 One of them ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, holding it up to him on a reed stick so he could drink. “Wait!” he said. “Let’s see whether Elijah comes to take him down!”
• Mark 15:46 Joseph bought a long sheet of linen cloth. Then he took Jesus’ body down from the cross, wrapped it in the cloth, and laid it in a tomb that had been carved out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone in front of the entrance.
• Luke 1:52 He has brought down princes from their thrones and exalted the humble.
• Luke 12:18 Then he said, ‘I know! I’ll tear down my barns and build bigger ones. Then I’ll have room enough to store all my wheat and other goods.
• Luke 23:53 Then he took the body down from the cross and wrapped it in a long sheet of linen cloth and laid it in a new tomb that had been carved out of rock.
• Acts 13:19 Then he destroyed seven nations in Canaan and gave their land to Israel as an inheritance.