καταλύω
kataluō
to destroy/lodge
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word καταλύω (kataluō) is a verb that can be translated to "destroy" or "lodge." Its primary meaning is to bring something to an end or to cause it to cease to exist. However, in some contexts, it can also imply a sense of lodging or placing something in a particular location. The word καταλύω is used 17 times in the Bible, indicating its significance in various contexts. Its range of usage spans from physical destruction, such as the destruction of a city, to metaphorical destruction, such as the destruction of one's life through sin. The word is also used in the context of lodging or placing, such as the lodging of a tent or the placing of a foundation. The significance of καταλύω lies in its ability to convey a sense of finality and irreversibility. When something is destroyed, it is brought to an end and cannot be restored. This sense of finality is often used in biblical contexts to convey the gravity of sin and the importance of making choices that lead to eternal life.
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Occurrences in Scripture
17 total occurrences across the text
“Don’t think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn’t come to destroy, but to fulfill.
Matthew 5:17“Don’t think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn’t come to destroy, but to fulfill.
Matthew 24:2But he answered them, “You see all of these things, don’t you? Most certainly I tell you, there will not be left here one stone on another, that will not be thrown down.”
Matthew 26:61and said, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.’ ”
Matthew 27:40and saying, “You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”
Mark 13:2Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? There will not be left here one stone on another, which will not be thrown down.”
Mark 14:58“We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.’ ”
Mark 15:29Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying, “Ha! You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days,
Luke 9:12The day began to wear away; and the twelve came and said to him, “Send the multitude away, that they may go into the surrounding villages and farms, and lodge, and get food, for we are here in a deserted place.”
Luke 19:7When they saw it, they all murmured, saying, “He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner.”
Luke 21:6“As for these things which you see, the days will come, in which there will not be left here one stone on another that will not be thrown down.”
Acts 5:38Now I tell you, withdraw from these men, and leave them alone. For if this counsel or this work is of men, it will be overthrown.
Acts 5:39But if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow it, and you would be found even to be fighting against God!”
Acts 6:14For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place, and will change the customs which Moses delivered to us.”
Romans 14:20Don’t overthrow God’s work for food’s sake. All things indeed are clean, however it is evil for that man who creates a stumbling block by eating.
2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
Galatians 2:18For if I build up again those things which I destroyed, I prove myself a law-breaker.