G2647: καταλύω (katalýō)

G2647 καταλύω (katalýō)

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Quick Definition

καταλύω v. I break up, overthrow, unharness, find a lodging

Strong's Definition

from 2596 and 3089; to loosen down (disintegrate), i.e. (by implication) to demolish (literally or figuratively); specially (compare 2646) to halt for the night

KJV Usage: destroy, dissolve, be guest, lodge, come to nought, overthrow, throw down

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

καταλύω (G2647)

verb | λύω

20.54 · Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill · Destroy

to destroy, to tear down, destruction to destroy completely by tearing down and dismantling

MAT 24:2 · MAT 26:61 · MAT 27:40 · MRK 13:2 · MRK 14:58 · MRK 15:29 · LUK 21:6 · ACT 6:14 · GAL 2:18

20.55 · Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill · Destroy

to destroy, to ruin utterly to destroy completely the efforts or work of someone else In ROM 14:20 the work of God involves the building up of the community of faith.

ROM 14:20 · 2CO 5:1

13.100 · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · Exist

to cause to come to an end, to cause to become nothing, to put an end to to cause to cease to exist

ACT 5:38 · ACT 5:39

76.23 · Power, Force

to do away with, to invalidate, to make invalid to completely invalidate something which has been in force

MAT 5:17 · MAT 5:17

34.61 · Association · Show Hospitality

to be a guest to experience the hospitality of someone, with principal focus upon lodging

LUK 9:12 · LUK 19:7

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

κατα-λύω ; fut.cara\vow; 1 aor. κατέλυσα; 1 aor. pass. κατελύθην ; 1 fut. pass. 3 pers. sing. καταλυθήσεται ; to dissolve, disunite, [see κατά, IIT. 4]; a. (what has been joined together) i. q. to destroy, demolish: λίθους [A. V. throw down], Mt. xxiv. 2; Mk. xiii. 2; Lk. xxi. 6; τὸν ναόν, Mt. xxvi. 61; xxvii. 40; Mk. xiv. 58; xv. 29; Acts vi. 14; οἰκίαν, 2 Co. v.13; univ. opp. to οἰκοδομεῖν, Gal. 11. 18 (2 Esdr. ν. 12; Hom. 1]. 9, 24sq.; 2,117; τεύχη, Eur. Tro. 819; γέφυραν, Hdian. 8, 4, 4 [2 ed. Bekk.]). b. metaph. fo overthrow i. 6. render vain, deprive of success, bring to naught: τὴν βουλὴν ἣ τὸ ἔργον, Acts v. 38 (τὰς ἀπειλάς, 4 Mace. iv. 16); τινά, to render fruitless one’s desires, endeavors, ete. ibid. 39 G 1, Τ Tr WH (Plat. lege. 4 p 714 ¢.); to subvert, overthrow: τὸ ἔργον τοῦ θεοῦ (see ἀγαθός, 2), Ro. xiv. 20. As in class. Grk. fr. Hat. down, of institutions, forms of government, laws, etc., to deprive of force, annul, abrogate, discard: τὸν νόμον, Mt. ν. 17 (2 Mace. ii. 22; Xen. mem. 4, 4, 14; Isocr. paneg. §55; Philost. ν. Apoll. 4, 40). c. of travellers, fo halt on a journey, to put up, lodge, (the fig. 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, perh. more correctly, fr. the fact that the traveller’s garments, tied up when he is on the journey, are unloosed at its end; cf. ἀναλύω, 2): Lk. ix. 12; xix. 7; so in Grk. writ. fr. Thuc., Xen., Plat. down; Sept. for 1, Gen. xix. 2; xxiv. 23, 25, etc.; Sir. xiv. 25, 27; xxxvi. 31; [ef. B. 145 (127)].

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

καταλύω katalyō 17x

to dissolve; to destroy, demolish, overthrow, throw down, Mt. 24:2; 26:61; met. to nullify, abrogate, Mt. 5:17; Acts 5:38, 39; absol. to unloose harness, etc., to halt, to stop for the night, lodge, Lk. 9:12

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

κατα-λύω,

[in LXX for לוּן, שׁבת, etc.;]

to destroy, cast down: Mt 24:2, Mk 13:2, Lk 21:6; τ. ναόν, Mt 26:61 27:40, Mk 14:58 15:29, Ac 6:14; οἰκίαν, II Co 5:1; opp. to οἰκοδομεῖν, Ga 2:18. Metaph., to overthrow, annul, abrogate: Ac 5:38, 39; τ. ἔργον τ. θεοῦ, Ro 14:20; τ. νόμον, Mt 5:17 (II Mac 2:22).

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

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

καταλύω. Corresponding to the use οἵ κατάλυσις in the last citation 5.v. κατάλυμα, We may note the occurrence of the verb in the same papyrus, P Magd 8° (B.c. 218) τῆς γυναικός μου τὸν B]lov καταλυσάσης. On the other hand the meaning “lodge,” as in Lk 91", 197, may be illustrated from P Par 4935 (B.c. 164-158) (= Witkowski®, p. 72) πρός σε οὐ μ[ὴ] ἐπέλθω, εἰς δὲ τὰ IIpwrdpxov καταλύσω, BGU IV. 1097° (time of Claudius or Nero) περὶ δὲ Σαραπᾶτος τοῦ υἱοῦ οὐ καταλέλυκε παρ᾽ ἐμὲ ὅλως, ἀλλὰ ἀπῆλθεν εἰς παρεμβολὴν στρατεύσασθαι, and the dialect inscr. Sy// 5619 (mid. iii/B.c.) μὴ ἐζξῆμ]εν καταλύείν ἐν τῶ]. ἱαρῶι τῶμ [Βάκχων μ]ηδένα, where the editor notes ‘‘ vocem intransitive usurpatam divertendi vel commorandi vi apparet.” On the other hand, in 77ίελεί 725%f (end of ii/B.c.) the verb has the meaning “‘set at naught,” “‘annul,” as in Mt 517— καὶ μηθενὶ ἐξέστω κατα[λ]ῦσαι τόδε [τὸ ψήφι]σμα, εἰ δὲ μή, [ὃ κ]α[ταλ]ύσας ἀποτεισάτω δίκην εἰς τ]ὸν [ναὸν τοῦ Διός. See also Kazbel 10954 νὺξ αὐτοὺς katahve.—with reference to the departed glories of Homeric heroes.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

καταλύω (kataluō) — to destroy/lodge. κατα-λύω, future -λύσω[Refs 8th c.BC+]: 3rd.pers. plural pluperfect -λελύκεσαν[Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, future -λῠθήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect -λέλῠμαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]:— put down, destroy, πολλάων πολίων κατέλυσε κάρηνα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τείχη, [πτόλιν], [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γέφυραν break it up, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

2. of political or other systems, dissolve, break up, put down, κ. ἀρχήν, βασιληΐην, ἰσοκρατίας, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently in Attic dialect, κ. τὸν δῆμον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰς πολιτείας Decrees cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, καταλελυμένης τῆς δημοκρατίας Legal cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future middle as passive, καταλύσεται.. ἡ ἀρχή (Cobet καταλελύσεται) [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. b with accusative person, put down, depose, κ. τύραννον [Refs 5th c.BC+] — passive, τῶν ἄλλων καταλελυμένων στρατηγῶν having been dismissed, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. c dissolve, dismiss, disband a body, καταλύειν τὴν βουλήν, τὸν στόλον, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. d abolish or annul laws, customs, etc., δίκην [NT+5th c.BC+]; also κ. τὸν ἱππέα render him useless, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. e τὴν φυλακὴν κ. neglect the watch, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. f κ. τὴν τριηραρχίαν lay it down, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν ἄσκησιν, see below 3a.

3. bring to an end, τὸν βίον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τὸ πλεῖν, τὴν ἄροσιν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὺς λόγους περὶ τὰ μέγιστα κ. [Refs]make an end, ὥρᾳ κ. die in good time, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πύκτης ὢν κατέλυσε retired from the ring, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; καθάπερ ἐν τοῖς Χοροῖς ἐν τῷ καταλύειν in the ending, [Refs 4th c.BC+]perfect participle passive καταλελυμένος disused, obsolete, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

3. b κ. τὴν ὑπάρχουσαν εἰρήνην break the peace, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but,

3. c more commonly, κ. τὸν πόλεμον end the war, make peace, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δίκας settle disputes, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —more frequently in middle, καταλύσασθαι τὰς ἔχθρας, componere inimicitias, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, make peace, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καταλύεσθαί τινι come to terms with one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

4. passive, ἤδη καταλελυμένης τῆς ἡλικίας in the decay of life, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II. unloose, unyoke, καταλύσομεν ἵππους [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸ σῶμα τοῦ ἀδελφεοῦ κ. take it down from the wall where it was hung up, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be taken down from hanging, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. intransitive, take up one's quarters, lodge, παρ᾽ ἐμοὶ καταλύει he is my guest, [Refs 5th c.BC+] turn off the road to a person's house, go and lodge with him, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —middle, θανάτῳ καταλυσαίμαν may I take my rest in the grave, [Refs 5th c.BC+]