# G2507 καθαιρέω

καθαιρέω (kathairéō), Strong’s G2507: to lower (or with violence) demolish (literally or figuratively) KJV: cast (pull, put, take) down, destroy. Occurs 94 times.

Source: https://besorah.bible/word/G2507 — Besorah, the whole Bible in Hebrew, Greek and English. Texts and licences: https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html

*kathairéō* — to lower (or with violence) demolish (literally or figuratively)

KJV: cast (pull, put, take) down, destroy

Built from [κατά katá](https://besorah.bible/word/G2596) (about) + [αἱρέομαι hairéomai](https://besorah.bible/word/G138) (to take for oneself, i.e. to prefer)

Occurs 94 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Mark 15:36](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/15?v=36) — One ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Let him be. Let’s…
- [Mark 15:46](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/15?v=46) — He bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth and laid him in a tomb which had been cut…
- [Luke 1:52](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/1?v=52) — He has put down princes from their thrones, and has exalted the lowly.
- [Luke 12:18](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/12?v=18) — He said, ‘This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and…
- [Luke 23:53](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/23?v=53) — He took it down and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was cut in stone, where no one had ever…
- [Acts 13:19](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/13?v=19) — When he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land for an inheritance for about four…
- [Acts 13:29](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/13?v=29) — When they had fulfilled all things that were written about him, they took him down from the tree and laid him in a tomb.
- [Acts 19:27](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/19?v=27) — Not only is there danger that this our trade come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis…
- [2 Corinthians 10:4](https://besorah.bible/besorah/2-corinthians/10?v=4) — for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds,
- [Judith 13:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/judith/13?v=6) — She came to the bedpost which was at Holofernes’ head, and took down his sword from there.