Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon
κατα-λύω (G2647)
17 κατα-λύω , [in LXX for לוּן , שׁבת , etc.;] to destroy , cast down : Mt 24:2 , Mk 13:2 , Lk 21:6 ; τ. ναόν , Mt 26:61 27:40 , Mk 14:58 15:29 , Ac 6:14 ; οἰκίαν , II Co 5:1 ; opp. to οἰκοδομεῖν , Ga 2:18 . Metaph., to overthrow , annul , abrogate : Ac 5:38 , 39 ; τ. ἔργον τ. θεοῦ , Ro 14:20 ; τ. νόμον , Mt 5:17 ( II Mac 2:22 ). to unloose , unyoke (e.g. horses), hence intrans., of travellers (cf. κατάλυμα ), to take up one's quarters , lodge (cl., Ge 19:2 , al.): Lk 9:12 19:7 .†
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain