G2647

καταλύω

katalyō

Appears in 13 Bible verses

Strong's Definition

to halt for the night &#8212 destroy, dissolve, be guest,lodge, come to nought, overthrow, throw down.

Detailed Meaning

to dissolve, disunite, (what has been joined together), to destroy, demolish, metaph. to overthrow i.e. render vain, deprive of success, bring to naught, to subvert, overthrow, of institutions, forms of government, laws, etc., to deprive of force, annul, abrogate, discard, 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)

Part of Speech

verb

KJV Translation Counts

destroy(9x) lodge(1x) guest(1x) overthrow(1x) dissolve(1x)

Related Words

G2596 | κατά | according to, after, against, in, by, daily, as, misc