Strong G2646κατάλυμα

guest room/inn

Transliteration
kataluma
Pronunciation
kat-al'-oo-mah
Morphology
Greek Noun Neuter

Definition

From G2647; properly a dissolution (breaking up of a journey) that is (by implication) a lodging place: - guestchamber inn.

Detailed definition

κατά-λυμα, -τος, τό
(καταλύω), [in LXX: Exo.4:24 (מָלוֹן), 1Ki.9:22 (לִשְׁכָּה), etc.;]
1. = cl. καταγώγιον (cf. πανδοχεῖον), an inn, lodgingplace: Luk.2:7 (so Ex, l.with, and MGr.).

2. a guest-room (1Sam,l.with): Mrk.14:14, Luk.22:11.†
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In the Bible

Strong G2646 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • guestchamber2
  • inn1

First verses

  1. Mark 14:14
    And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?
  2. Luke 2:7
    And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
  3. Luke 22:11
    And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?
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Detailed Greek dictionary
κατάλῠμα, ατος, τό,
lodging, [NT+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.36.1 (_plural_), “UPZ” 120.5 (2nd c.BC), LXX.Exo.4.24, Aristeas 181 (_plural_), NT.Mark.14.14, 2nd c.AD: Iamblichus Scriptor Eroticus 13)]; δημόσιον κ. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 14.93)]; billet for troops, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PSI” 4.341.8 (3rd c.BC))]: in plural, provision of quarters, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 5(2).515 (Lycosura, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD))]:—diminutive κατ-λῠμάτιον, τό, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 205 (3rd c.BC).)]