κατα-βολή, -ῆς, ἡ
(καταβάλλω), [in LXX: 2Ma.2:29 * ;]
__1. a laying down: εἰς κ. σπέρματος, Heb.11:11 (EV, to conceive seed).
__2. a foundation (of a house, ii Mac, l.with): metaphorically, ἀπὸ κ. κόσμου, Mat.13:35 (LXX) (om. ἀπὸ κ. κόσμου, WH, R, mg.), Mat.25:34, Luk.11:50, Heb.4:3 9:26, Rev.13:8 17:8; πρὸ κ. κόσμου, Jhn.17:24, Eph.1:4, 1Pe.1:20.†
(AS)