G2647 – kataluo – καταλύω destroy, dissolve, be guest, lodge, come to nought, overthrow, throw down

Strong’s ID:
G2647
Greek Word:
καταλύω
Transliteration:
kataluo
Pronunciation:
kat-al-oo’-o
Part of Speech:
verb
Usage Count:
17
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Find “kataluo” in the Bible (New Testament)

Strong’s Greek Lexicon

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.

Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.

Thayer’s Greek Definitions

1) to dissolve, disunite
1a) (what has been joined together), to destroy, demolish
1b) metaphorically to overthrow, i.e. render vain, deprive of success, bring to naught
1b1) to subvert, overthrow
1b1a) of institutions, forms of government, laws, etc., to deprive of force, annul, abrogate, discard
1c) 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, more correctly from the fact that the traveler’s garments, tied up when he is on the journey, are unloosed at it end)

Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.