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Koine Greek wordlink #2109

SR GNT Mat 5:17 καταλῦσαι (katalusai) ‘you_all may think that I came to tear_down the law or’ Strongs=26470 Lemma=kataluō
Word role=verb mood=infinitive tense=aorist voice=active
Refers to Word #1664 Person=Jesus

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Other uses (4) of identical word form καταλῦσαι (V-NAA....) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘καταλῦσαι’ (V-NAA....) has 2 different glosses: ‘to lodge’, ‘to tear_down’.

Mat 5:17 ‘prophets not I came to tear_down but to fulfill’ SR GNT Mat 5:17 word 13

Mat 26:61 ‘this man was saying I am being_able to tear_down the temple of god’ SR GNT Mat 26:61 word 10

Luke 19:7 ‘a sinful man he came_in to lodge’ SR GNT Luke 19:7 word 13

Acts 5:39 ‘it is not you_all will_be able to tear_down them lest also’ SR GNT Acts 5:39 word 9

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘kataluō’ have 9 different glosses: ‘be tearing_down’, ‘may_be torn_down’, ‘to lodge’, ‘to tear_down’, ‘will_be tearing_down’, ‘will_be_being torn_down’, ‘I torn_down’, ‘they may lodge’, ‘tearing_down’.

Key: V=verb NAA....=infinitive,aorist,active