G2647Greekkatalῦsai
καταλῦσαι
to loosen down (disintegrate), i.e., (by implication) to demolish (literally or figuratively); specially (compare g2646) to halt for the night
17
Total Occurrences
7
Books
0
Old Testament
17
New Testament
Detailed Definition
- 1to dissolve, disunite
- 2(what has been joined together), to destroy, demolish
- 3metaphorically to overthrow i.e., render vain, deprive of success, bring to naught
- 4of 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)
Etymology & Derivation
from g2596 and g3089