Strong's Lexicon
G2647 — καταλύω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2647 |
|---|---|
| Word: | καταλύω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G2596 and G3089 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 17 |
| Transliteration: | kataluo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kat-al-oo'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to loosen down (disintegrate) 2. (by implication) to demolish 3. (specially) to halt for the night {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | destroy, dissolve, be guest, lodge, come to nought, overthrow, throw down |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
καταλύω; future καταλύσω; 1 aorist κατέλυσα; 1 aorist passive κατελυθην; 1 future passive 3 person singular καταλυθήσεται; to dissolve, disunite (see, III. 4);
a. (what has been joined together) equivalent to to destroy, demolish: λίθους (A. V. throw down), Mat 24:2; Mar 13:2; Luk 21:6; τόν ναόν, Mat 26:61; Mat 27:40; Mar 14:58; Mar 15:29; Act 6:14; οἰκίαν, 2Co 5:1; universally opposed to οἰκοδομεῖν, Gal 2:18 (2Es 5:12; Homer, Iliad 9, 24f; 2, 117; τευχη, Euripides, Tro. 819; γέφυραν, Herodian, 8, 4, 4 (2 edition, Bekker)).
b. metaphorically, to overthrow, i. e. to render vain, to deprive of success, to bring to naught: τήν βουλήν ἤ τό ἔργον, Act 5:38 (τάς ἀπειλάς, 4Ma 4:16); τινα, to render fruitless one’s desires, endeavors, etc. ibid. 39 G L T Tr WH (Plato, legg. 4, p. 714 c.); to subvert, overthrow: τό ἔργον τοῦ Θεοῦ (see ἀγαθός, 2), Rom 14:20. As in classical Greek from Herodotus down, of institutions, forms of government, laws, etc., to deprive of force, annul, abrogate, discard: τόν νόμον, Mat 5:17 (2Ma 2:22; Xenophon, mem. 4, 4, 14; Isocrates paneg. § 55; Philost. v., Apoll. 4, 40).
c. of travelers, to halt on a journey, to put up, lodge (the figurative expression originating in the circumstance that, to put up for the night, the straps and packs of the beasts of burden are unbound and taken off; or, perhaps more correctly, from the fact that the traveler’s garments, tied up when he is on the journey, are unloosed at its end; cf. ἀναλύω, 2): Luk 9:12; Luk 19:7; so in Greek writings from Thucydides, Xenophon, Plato down; the Sept. for ìåÌï, Gen 19:2; Gen 24:23; Gen 24:25, etc.; Sir 14:25; Sir 14:27 Sir. 36:31; (cf. Buttmann, 145 (127)).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
καταλύω (destroy)
Matthew 5:17
- KJV: Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets I am not come to destroy but to fulfil
- GK: μη νομίσητε ότι ήλθον καταλύσαι τον νόμον η τους προφήτας ουκ ήλθον καταλύσαι αλλά πληρώσαι
Matthew 24:2
- KJV: 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
- GK: ο δε Ιησούς είπεν αυτοίς ου βλέπετε πάντα ταύτα αμήν λέγω υμίν ου αφεθή ώδε λίθος επί λίθον ος ου καταλυθήσεται
Matthew 26:61
- KJV: And said This said I am able to destroy the temple of God and to build it in three days
- GK: είπον ούτος έφη δύναμαι καταλύσαι τον ναόν του θεού και διά τριών ημερών οικοδομήσαι αυτόν
Matthew 27:40
- KJV: And saying Thou that destroyest the temple and buildest in three days save thyself If thou be the Son of God come down from the cross
- GK: και λέγοντες ο καταλύων τον ναόν και εν τρισίν ημέραις οικοδομών σώσον σεαυτόν ει υιός ει του θεού κατάβηθι από του σταυρού
Mark 13:2
- KJV: 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
- GK: και ο Ιησούς αποκριθείς είπεν αυτώ βλέπεις ταύτας τας μεγάλας οικοδομάς ου αφεθή λίθος επί λίθω ος ου καταλυθή
Mark 14:58
- KJV: 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
- GK: ημείς ηκούσαμεν αυτού λέγοντος ότι εγώ καταλύσω τον ναόν τούτον χειροποίητον και διά τριών ημερών άλλον αχειροποίητον οικοδομήσω
Mark 15:29
- KJV: And they that passed by railed on him wagging their heads and saying Ah thou that destroyest the temple and buildest in three days
- GK: και οι παραπορευόμενοι εβλασφήμουν αυτόν κινούντες τας κεφαλάς αυτών και λέγοντες ουά ο καταλύων τον ναόν και εν τρισίν ημέραις οικοδομών
Luke 9:12
- KJV: 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
- GK: η δε ημέρα ήρξατο κλίνειν προσελθόντες δε οι δώδεκα είπον αυτώ απόλυσον τον όχλον ίνα απελθόντες εις τας κύκλω κώμας και τους αγρούς καταλύσωσι και εύρωσιν επισιτισμόν ότι ώδε εν ερήμω τόπω εσμέν
Luke 19:7
- KJV: And when they saw they all murmured saying That he was gone to be guest with a man a sinner
- GK: και ιδόντες πάντες διεγόγγυζον λέγοντες ότι παρά αμαρτωλώ ανδρί εισήλθε καταλύσαι