καταλύω

Matthew 5:17 καταλῦσαι καταλῦσαι to abolish

Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.

Here: Literally to loosen something down to its parts. Matthew uses it of pulling down the stones of the Temple (24:2; 26:61). Applied to a law, it means to annul it or render it void. This is the charge Jesus denies.

Matthew 24:2 καταλυθήσεται.¶ will be thrown down.

“Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

Here: Future passive: 'will be torn down / dismantled'. Literally 'loosened down', the undoing of what was fitted together. The passive leaves the destroyer unnamed. The same verb returns in the charge at his trial, 'I am able to destroy the temple of God' (26:61), and in the mockery at the cross (27:40).

Matthew 26:61 καταλῦσαι to destroy

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

Here: Literally 'to loosen down': taking a structure apart until nothing is left. It is the same verb Jesus used in 24:2 when he foretold that no stone of the temple would be left on another, and in 5:17 ('I did not come to abolish').

Matthew 27:40 καταλύων destroying

and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”

Here: "The one demolishing." The present tense presents the claim as Jesus' identity: Mr. Temple-Wrecker. It is sarcastic, since the man nailed up in front of them can wreck nothing.

Mark 13:2 καταλυθῇ.¶ may be thrown down.

“Do you see all these great buildings?” Jesus replied. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

Here: Literally 'loosened down': taken apart, demolished. Mark uses the same verb in the charge against Jesus at his trial (14:58) and in the mockery at the cross (15:29): 'you who would destroy the temple'.

Mark 14:58 καταλύσω will destroy

“We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this man-made temple, and in three days I will build another that is made without hands.’”

Here: Literally 'loosen down': to take a structure apart stone by stone. Mark used the same verb in 13:2 ('not one stone will be left on another that will not be thrown down'). Here it is in the first person and the future tense, so it sounds like a threat.

Mark 15:29 καταλύων destroying

And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

Here: 'The one tearing down', the demolisher. The present tense works as a label for what he supposedly claimed he would do, not something he was doing at the moment.

Luke 9:12 καταλύσωσιν they may lodge

As the day neared its end, the Twelve came to Jesus and said, “Dismiss the crowd so they can go to the surrounding villages and countryside for lodging and provisions. For we are in a desolate place here.”

Luke 19:7 καταλῦσαι.¶ to stay.

And all who saw this began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinful man!”

Here: Here it means to lodge: literally to 'unloose' the pack animals' loads and stop for the night. This is more than a quick visit. It means staying overnight, sharing meals and accepting the man's hospitality, as Jesus said in v.5 ('I must stay at your house today').

Luke 21:6 καταλυθήσεται.¶ will be thrown down.

“As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

Here: Future passive, "will be torn down, dismantled." It is the ordinary verb for demolishing a building. Early Christians remembered it as the word in the charge that Jesus would "destroy" the temple (Mark 14:58; Acts 6:14).

Acts 5:38 καταλυθήσεται· it will be overthrown;

So in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone. Let them go! For if their purpose or endeavor is of human origin, it will fail.

Here: Future passive: 'it will be broken up' or 'it will come apart'. The word pictures something being taken down or dissolved, like the followers of Theudas and Judas who 'were scattered' and came to nothing. The passive leaves unstated who does the tearing down: events, or God.

Acts 5:39 καταλῦσαι to overthrow

But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them. You may even find yourselves fighting against God.”

Here: 'To take apart, break up, bring to nothing.' It picks up 'it will be dissolved' (καταλυθήσεται) in verse 38. A human scheme falls apart by itself, but the council cannot pull apart what God has built.

Acts 6:14 καταλύσει will destroy

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

Here: Future tense: 'will tear down, demolish'. It is the word for pulling a building apart stone by stone (Luke 21:6). The charge is that Stephen predicted the risen Jesus would wreck the temple.

Romans 14:20 κατάλυε do destroy

Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.

Here: A building word: to pull down a structure stone from stone. It directly answers 'building up' (oikodomē) in v. 19. Present-tense command, second person singular: Paul speaks to each 'strong' believer personally.

2 Corinthians 5:1 καταλυθῇ, shall be destroyed,

For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

Here: The verb for striking a tent: loosening its ropes and taking it down. It is also used for tearing down a building or the Temple. Here it is a gentle but real picture of death.

Galatians 2:18 κατέλυσα, I had torn down,

If I rebuild what I have already torn down, I prove myself to be a lawbreaker.