Subvert, Subverting
Subvert, Subverting
primarily, “to pack up baggage” (ana, “up,” skeuos, “a vessel”), hence, from a military point of view, “to dismantle a town, to plunder,” is used metaphorically in Act 15:24, of unsettling or “subverting” the souls of believers. In the papyri it is used of going bankrupt.
Note: For anatrepo, Tit 1:11, see OVERTHROW, B, No. 3. For ekstrepho, Tit 3:11, see PERVERT, No. 4.
“an overthrow,” 2Pe 2:6 (Eng., “catastrophe”), is rendered “subverting” in 2Ti 2:14. See OVERTHROW.