katalyō · tear down, destroy

What it means

katalyō (καταλύω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “tear down, destroy”.

Do away with a law. It can also mean to stop for the night, to lodge.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To bring down a building.
2. To undo what another has done.
3. To stop for the night.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• be torn down ×3
• destroy ×3
• abolish ×2
• will destroy ×2
• I tore down ×1
• be the guest ×1
• it will be overthrown ×1
• overthrow ×1
• tear down ×1
• they may find lodging ×1
• others ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×5
• Mark×3
• Luke×3
• Acts×3
• Romans×1
• 2 Corinthians×1
• Galatians×1

• Matthew 5:17

  “Do not think that I came to abolish the law or the prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill.

• Matthew 24:2

  But he answered them, “Do you not see all these things? Truly I tell you, there will never be left here one stone upon another that will not be torn down.”

• Matthew 26:61

  and said, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the sanctuary of God and in three days to build it.’”

• Matthew 27:40

  and saying, “You who would destroy the sanctuary and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”

• Mark 13:2

  And Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? There will never be left here a stone on a stone that will not be torn down.”

• Mark 14:58

  “We heard him saying, ‘I will destroy this sanctuary made with hands, and in three days I will build another, not made with hands.’”

• Mark 15:29

  And those who passed by were insulting him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who would destroy the sanctuary and build it in three days,

• Luke 9:12

  Now the day began to decline, and the Twelve came and said to him, “Send away the crowd, so that going into the surrounding villages and farms, they may find lodging and find provisions; because here we are in a deserted place.”

• Luke 19:7

  And when they saw it, all began grumbling, saying, “He has gone in to be the guest of a sinful man.”

• Luke 21:6

  “These things that you are looking at, the days will come in which there will not be left a stone upon a stone that will not be torn down.”

• Acts 5:38

  And now I tell you, keep away from these men and leave them alone, because if this plan or this work is of human origin, it will be overthrown;

• Acts 5:39

  but if it is from God, you will not be able to overthrow them, lest you even be found fighting against God.” And they heeded him.

• Acts 6:14

  for we have heard him say that this Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”

• Romans 14:20

  Do not, for the sake of food, tear down the work of God. All things are indeed clean, but it is evil for the person who eats with stumbling.

• 2 Corinthians 5:1

  For we know that if our earthly house of the tent is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.

• Galatians 2:18

  For if what I tore down, these things I build again, I prove myself to be a transgressor.

And 1 more times.