Strong's Concordance kataluó: to destroy, overthrow Original Word: καταλύωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: kataluó Phonetic Spelling: (kat-al-oo'-o) Definition: to destroy, overthrow Usage: (lit: I loosen thoroughly), (a) trans: I break up, overthrow, destroy, both lit. and met., (b) I unyoke, unharness a carriage horse or pack animal; hence: I put up, lodge, find a lodging. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom kata and luó Definition to destroy, overthrow NASB Translation abolish (2), destroy (5), destroyed (1), find lodging (1), guest (1), overthrow (1), overthrown (1), tear down (1), torn down (4). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2647: καταλύωκαταλύω; 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), Matthew 24:2; Mark 13:2; Luke 21:6; τόν ναόν, Matthew 26:61; Matthew 27:40; Mark 14:58; Mark 15:29; Acts 6:14; οἰκίαν, 2 Corinthians 5:1; universally opposed to οἰκοδομεῖν, Galatians 2:18 (2 Esdr. 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, Acts 5:38 (τάς ἀπειλάς, 4 Macc. 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), Romans 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, Matthew 5:17 (2 Macc. 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): Luke 9:12; Luke 19:7; so in Greek writings from Thucydides, Xenophon, Plato down; the Sept. for לוּן, Genesis 19:2; Genesis 24:23, 25, etc.; Sir. 14:25, 27 Sir. 36:31; (cf. Buttmann, 145 (127)). From kata and luo; to loosen down (disintegrate), i.e. (by implication) to demolish (literally or figuratively); specially (compare kataluma) to halt for the night -- destroy, dissolve, be guest, lodge, come to nought, overthrow, throw down. see GREEK kata see GREEK luo see GREEK kataluma Englishman's Concordance Matthew 5:17 V-ANAGRK: ὅτι ἦλθον καταλῦσαι τὸν νόμον NAS: that I came to abolish the Law KJV: that I am come to destroy the law, or INT: that I came to abolish the law Matthew 5:17 V-ANA Matthew 24:2 V-FIP-3S Matthew 26:61 V-ANA Matthew 27:40 V-PPA-NMS Mark 13:2 V-ASP-3S Mark 14:58 V-FIA-1S Mark 15:29 V-PPA-NMS Luke 9:12 V-ASA-3P Luke 19:7 V-ANA Luke 21:6 V-FIP-3S Acts 5:38 V-FIP-3S Acts 5:39 V-ANA Acts 6:14 V-FIA-3S Romans 14:20 V-PMA-2S 2 Corinthians 5:1 V-ASP-3S Galatians 2:18 V-AIA-1S Strong's Greek 2647 |