Strong G2647καταλύω

to destroy/lodge

Transliteration
kataluō
Pronunciation
kat-al-oo'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G2596 and G3089; to loosen down (disintegrate) that is (by implication) to demolish (literally or figuratively); specifically (compare G2646) to halt for the night: - destroy dissolve be guest lodge come to nought overthrow throw down.

Detailed definition

κατα-λύω
[in LXX for לוּן, שָׁבַת, etc.;]
1. to destroy, cast down: Mat.24:2, Mrk.13:2, Luk.21:6; τ. ναόν, Mat.26:61 27:40, Mrk.14:58 15:29, Act.6:14; οἰκίαν, 2Co.5:1; opposite to οἰκοδομεῖν, Gal.2:18. Metaphorical, to overthrow, annul, abrogate: Act.5:38-39; τ. ἔργον τ. θεοῦ, Rom.14:20; τ. νόμον, Mat.5:17 (2Ma.2:22).

2. to unloose, unyoke (e.g. horses), hence intrans., of travellers (cf. κατάλυμα), to take up one's quarters, lodge (cl., Gen.19:2, al.): Luk.9:12 19:7.†
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In the Bible

Strong G2647 appears in 16 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • destroy6
  • throw3
  • shall2
  • destroyest1
  • dissolve1
  • guest1
  • lodge1
  • nought1
  • overthrow1
  • thou1

First verses

  1. Matthew 5:17
    Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
  2. Matthew 24:2
    And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
  3. Matthew 26:61
    And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
  4. Matthew 27:40
    And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.
  5. Mark 13:2
    And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
  6. Mark 14:58
    We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.
  7. Mark 15:29
    And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,
  8. Luke 9:12
    And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a desert place.
  9. Luke 19:7
    And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.
  10. Luke 21:6
    As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
  11. Acts 5:38
    And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:
  12. Acts 5:39
    But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
  13. Acts 6:14
    For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.
  14. Romans 14:20
    For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.
  15. 2 Corinthians 5:1
    For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
  16. Galatians 2:18
    For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
κατα-λύω,
future -λύσω[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.28)]: 3rd.pers. plural pluperfect -λελύκεσαν[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 8.4.2)]:—passive, future -λῠθήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 714c, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 38.22 (_future_ _middle_ in _passive_ sense, see below 1.2a))]: perfect -λέλῠμαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.36)]:— put down, destroy, πολλάων πολίων κατέλυσε κάρηνα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.117, 9.24)]; τείχη, [πτόλιν], [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 819, 1080 (both Lyric poetry))]; γέφυραν break it up, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus [prev. cited])]
2 of political or other systems, dissolve, break up, put down, κ. ἀρχήν, βασιληΐην, ἰσοκρατίας, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.53, 54, 5.92. ; τοῦ Διὸς τὴν δύναμιν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 142; τὸ κράτος τῆς βουλῆς 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 7; τὰς προσόδους τὰς Μιλησίων “SIG” 633.40 (Milet., 2nd c.BC))]: frequently in Attic dialect, κ. τὸν δῆμον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 453, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.81; τὴν δημοκρατίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 948)]; τὰς πολιτείας Decrees cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.182)]:—passive, καταλελυμένης τῆς δημοκρατίας Legal cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.96, compare 95, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.4, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1292a29)]: future middle as passive, καταλύσεται.. ἡ ἀρχή (Cobet καταλελύσεται) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.9.)]
2.b with accusative person, put down, depose, κ. τύραννον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.18, etc.; κ. τινὰ τῆς ἀρχῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.5.24:)] — passive, τῶν ἄλλων καταλελυμένων στρατηγῶν having been dismissed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.43; καταλυθῆναι τῆς ἀρχῆς [prev. author] 1.104, compare 6.9.)]
2.c dissolve, dismiss, disband a body, καταλύειν τὴν βουλήν, τὸν στόλον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 5.72, 7.16. ; τῶν πόλεων τά τε βουλευτήρια καὶ τὰς ἀρχάς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.15; τὸ ναυτικόν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.102 (_passive_).)]
2.d abolish or annul laws, customs, etc., δίκην [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Gorgias Rhetor et Sophista “Pal.” 17; νόμους 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.66 (_passive_), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.8.2, cf. NT.Matt.5.17; ψήφισμα “Michel” 725.20 (2nd c.BC))]; also κ. τὸν ἱππέα render him useless, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 12.5.)]
2.e τὴν φυλακὴν κ. neglect the watch, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 2, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1308a29; τὴν φρουράν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 762c; τὴν κοινὴν φυλακὴν καταλυθῆναι βούλεται 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.112.)]
2.f κ. τὴν τριηραρχίαν lay it down, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 18.59)]; τὴν ἄσκησιν, see below 3a.
3 bring to an end, τὸν βίον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Apologia Socratis” 7; ἐς Ἅιδαν καταλύσουσ᾽ ἔμμοχθον βίοτον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1004 (Lyric poetry); μώμου ἀδικίαν καὶ δόξης ἀμαθίαν 5th c.BC: Gorgias Rhetor et Sophista “Hel.” 21; ἐλπίδα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.89; δόξα, ἣν αἰσχρόν ἐστιν ἐν σοὶ -λῦσαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.73)]; κ. τὸ πλεῖν, τὴν ἄροσιν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 33.4, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 13.1; κ. τὰς θυσίας 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 30.17, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.68; τὰ γυμνάσια 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.39; τὸν λόγον 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.126, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.176)]; τοὺς λόγους περὶ τὰ μέγιστα κ. [Refs ([prev. work]199: _absolutely_,)]make an end, ὥρᾳ κ. die in good time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Diocles Comicus 14, compare 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 8.28)]; πύκτης ὢν κατέλυσε retired from the ring, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 11.79 (1st c.AD: Lucillius Epigrammaticus), compare 161 ([prev. author]) (in full -λῦσαι τὴν ἄσκησιν 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “προτρεπτικός - Scripta Minora” 14))]; καθάπερ ἐν τοῖς Χοροῖς ἐν τῷ καταλύειν in the ending, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 921a20: also)]perfect participle passive καταλελυμένος disused, obsolete, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.68 K.)]
3.b κ. τὴν ὑπάρχουσαν εἰρήνην break the peace, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.55)]; but,
3.c more commonly, κ. τὸν πόλεμον end the war, make peace, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 112, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.31, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.7.27, etc.)]; δίκας settle disputes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 5(2).357.15 (Stymphalus, 3rd c.BC): _absolutely_ (i.e. τὸν πόλεμον), Foed. cited in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.23; πρός τινα Foed.[prev. work] 8.58:)] —more frequently in middle, καταλύσασθαι τὰς ἔχθρας, componere inimicitias, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.146; τὸν πόλεμον 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.17, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.36; στάσιν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 359)]: absolutely, make peace, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.140.ά, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.81, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.8.6, etc.)]; καταλύεσθαί τινι come to terms with one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.11, etc.)]
4 passive, ἤδη καταλελυμένης τῆς ἡλικίας in the decay of life, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1335a34.)]
II unloose, unyoke, καταλύσομεν ἵππους [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.28)]; τὸ σῶμα τοῦ ἀδελφεοῦ κ. take it down from the wall where it was hung up, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121.γ)]:—passive, to be taken down from hanging, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 2.43.)]
II.2 intransitive, take up one's quarters, lodge, παρ᾽ ἐμοὶ καταλύει he is my guest, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 447b, compare “Prt.” 311a, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.82: _absolutely_, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 315d: with _accusative_, κ. παρά τινα)] turn off the road to a person's house, go and lodge with him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.136; κ. εἰς πανδοκεῖον 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.97; Μεγαροῖ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 142c; ἐν τῷ ἱαρῷ “SIG” 978.8 (Cnidos, 3rd c.BC):)] —middle, θανάτῳ καταλυσαίμαν may I take my rest in the grave, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 146 (_anapaest meter_).)]