** κατα-βολή, -ῆς, ἡ
(< καταβάλλω), [in LXX: II Mac 2:29*;]
1. a laying down: εἰς κ. σπέρματος, He 11:11 (EV,to conceive seed).
2. a foundation (of a house, II Mac 2:29): metaph., ἀπὸ κ. κόσμου, Mt 13:35(LXX) (om. κόσμου, WH, R, mg.), Mt 25:34, Lk 11:50, He 4:39:26, Re 13:817:8; πρὸ κ. κόσμου, Jo 17:24, Eph 1:4, I Pe 1:20.†