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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Greek - English Dictionary

G2647 - Down

Strong's No.:G2647

Greek:καταλύω

Transliteration:kataluō

Phonetic:kat-al-oo'-o

Word Origin:From G2596 and G3089

Bible Usage:destroy dissolve be guest lodge come to nought overthrow throw down.

Part of Speech:Verb

Strongs
Definition:

to loosen down (disintegrate) that is (by implication) to demolish (literally or figuratively); specifically (compare G2646) to halt for the night


Thayers
Definition:

1. to dissolve, disunite

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

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

1. to subvert, overthrow 1b

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

d. 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)


Bible References:
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Translation
Occurrences:
destroy ( 6 )
destroyed ( 1 )
destroyest ( 2 )
dissolved ( 1 )
down ( 3 )
guest ( 1 )
lodge ( 1 )
nought ( 1 )
overthrow ( 1 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.