Definition

to loosen down (disintegrate), i.e. (by implication) to demolish (literally or figuratively); specially (compare G2646 (κατάλυμα)) to halt for the night

Etymology

from G2596 (κατά) and G3089 (λύω);

Where the KJV renders it

• destroy
• dissolve
• be guest
• lodge
• come to nought
• overthrow
• throw down

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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