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Koine Greek wordlink #2080

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
Year=31 AD TimeSeries=Sermon_on_the_Mount Refers to Word #1642 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

OET-LV: 17 You _all _may_ not _think that I _came to _tear _down the law or the prophets, I _came not to _tear _down, but to _fulfill. (MAT_5:17)

OET-RV: 17 “Don’t imagine that I came to criticise the prophets or Mosheh’s instructions. I didn’t come to oppose the scriptures, but to fulfil them, (MAT 5:17)

Mat 26:61 ‘this man was saying I am being_able to tear_down the temple of god’ SR GNT Mat 26:61 word 9

OET-LV: 61 said: This man was _saying: I _am _being _able to _tear _down the temple of_ the _god, and to _build it it by of _three days. (MAT_26:61)

OET-RV: 61 and said, “We heard this man say, ‘I’m able to demolish God’s temple and rebuild it in three days.’ ” (MAT 26:61)

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

OET-LV: 7 And all having _seen it, were _grumbling saying, that He _came _in to _lodge with a_sinful man. (LUK_19:7)

OET-RV: 7 But everyone who had observed it was grumbling, “Hoy, he’s going to stay with a sinful man.” (LUK 19:7)

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

OET-LV: 39 but if it _is from god, you _all_˓will˒_ not _be _able to _tear _down them, lest also you _all _may _be _found god-opposers. And they _were _persuaded by _him, (ACT_5:39)

OET-RV: 39 but if it’s from God, you all won’t be able to bring them down in case you find yourselves opposing God.”
¶ So they were persuaded by Gamaliel, (ACT 5:39)

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