Dictionary entry

καθαίρεσις

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

καθ-αίρεσις, -εως, ἡ

(< καθαιρέω), [in LXX: Ex 23:24 (הָרֵס), I Mac 3:43*;]

a pulling down, destruction: fig., κ. ὀχυρωμάτων, II Co 10:4; opp. to οἰκοδομή, II Co 10:813:10.†