# G2690 καταστρέφω

καταστρέφω (katastréphō), Strong’s G2690: to turn upside down, i.e. upset KJV: overthrow. Occurs 39 times.

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*katastréphō* — to turn upside down, i.e. upset

KJV: overthrow

Built from [κατά katá](https://besorah.bible/word/G2596) (about) + [στρέφω stréphō](https://besorah.bible/word/G4762) (to twist, i.e. turn quite around or reverse)

Occurs 39 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 21:12](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/21?v=12) — Yeshua entered into the temple of God and drove out all of those who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the…
- [Mark 11:15](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/11?v=15) — They came to Jerusalem, and Yeshua entered into the temple and began to throw out those who sold and those who bought…
- [Tobit 14:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/tobit/14?v=4) — Go into Media, my child, for I surely believe all the things which Jonah the prophet spoke of Nineveh, that it will be…
- [Sirach 10:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/10?v=13) — 
- [Sirach 10:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/10?v=16) — 
- [Sirach 27:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/27?v=3) — Unless a person holds on diligently to the fear of the Lord, his house will be overthrown quickly.
- [Sirach 28:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/28?v=14) — A slanderer has shaken many, and dispersed them from nation to nation. It has pulled down strong cities and overthrown…
- [Bel and the Dragon 1:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/bel-and-the-dragon/1?v=22) — Therefore the king killed them, and delivered Bel into Daniel’s power, who overthrew it and its temple.
- [3 Maccabees 3:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/3-maccabees/3?v=23) — have rejected the inestimable rights. Not only so, but by using speech, and by refraining from speech, they abhor the…