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Lexicon :: Strong's G2647 - katalyō

Aa
καταλύω
Transliteration
katalyō (Key)
Pronunciation
kat-al-oo'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:338,543

Strong’s Definitions

καταλύω katalýō, kat-al-oo'-o; from G2596 and G3089; to loosen down (disintegrate), i.e. (by implication) to demolish (literally or figuratively); specially (compare G2646) to halt for the night:—destroy, dissolve, be guest, lodge, come to nought, overthrow, throw down.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's G2647 in the following manner: destroy (9x), throw down (3x), lodge (1x), guest (1x), come to nought (1x), overthrow (1x), dissolve (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's G2647 in the following manner: destroy (9x), throw down (3x), lodge (1x), guest (1x), come to nought (1x), overthrow (1x), dissolve (1x).

  1. to dissolve, disunite

    1. (what has been joined together), to destroy, demolish

    2. metaph. to overthrow i.e. render vain, deprive of success, bring to naught

      1. to subvert, overthrow

        1. of institutions, forms of government, laws, etc., to deprive of force, annul, abrogate, discard

    3. of travellers, 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, more correctly from the fact that the traveller's garments, tied up when he is on the journey, are unloosed at it end)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
καταλύω katalýō, kat-al-oo'-o; from G2596 and G3089; to loosen down (disintegrate), i.e. (by implication) to demolish (literally or figuratively); specially (compare G2646) to halt for the night:—destroy, dissolve, be guest, lodge, come to nought, overthrow, throw down.
STRONGS G2647:
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), 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)).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
19:2; 24:23; 24:25
Matthew
5:17; 24:2; 26:61; 27:40
Mark
13:2; 14:58; 15:29
Luke
9:12; 19:7; 21:6
Acts
5:38; 6:14
Romans
14:20
2 Corinthians
5:1
Galatians
2:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2647 matches the Greek καταλύω (katalyō),
which occurs 17 times in 16 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:17 - Let there be no thought that I have come to put an end to the law or the prophets. I have not come for destruction, but to make complete.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:2 - But he, answering, said to them, See you not all these things? truly I say to you that here there will not be one stone resting on another, which will not be pulled down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:61

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:61 - But later there came two who said, This man said, I am able to give the Temple of God to destruction, and to put it up again in three days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:40

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:40 - You who would give the Temple to destruction and put it up again in three days, get yourself free: if you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:2 - And Jesus said to him, Do you see these great buildings? there is not one stone here resting on another which will not be overturned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:58

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:58 - He said in our hearing, I will put an end to this Temple which is made with hands, and in three days I will make another without hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:29 - And those who went by made sport of him, shaking their heads, and saying, Ha! you who give the Temple to destruction, and put it up again in three days,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:12 - And the day went on; and the twelve came to him and said, Send these people away so that they may go into the towns and the country round about and get resting-places and food for themselves, for we are in a waste place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:7 - And when they saw it, they were all angry, saying, He has gone into the house of a sinner.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:6 - As for these things which you see, the days will come when not one stone will be resting on another, but all will be broken down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:38

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:38 - And now I say to you, Do nothing to these men, but let them be: for if this teaching or this work is of men, it will come to nothing:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:39 - But if it is of God, you will not be able to overcome them, and you are in danger of fighting against God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:14 - For he has said in our hearing that this Jesus of Nazareth will put this place to destruction and make changes in the rules which were handed down to us by Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:20 - Do not let the work of God come to nothing on account of food. All things are certainly clean; but it is evil for that man who by taking food makes it hard for another.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:1 - For we are conscious that if this our tent of flesh is taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:18 - For if I put up again those things which I gave to destruction, I am seen to be a wrongdoer.
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