DESTROY | AdventAI

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 16, 1857

DESTROY.

Our Saviour said that he came not to destroy the law. The original of this word is kataluo. It may be of interest to some to know how it is used throughout the New Testament.

The following is Robinson’s definition of this word, as given in his Lexicon, and its complete use in the New Testament.

Its signification. 1. To dissolve, to break down, to disunite the parts of any thing; hence spoken of buildings, or the like, to throw down, to destroy. Matt. xxvii, 40. Tropically, to destroy, to put an end to, to render vain. e. g., Matt. v, 17; Acts v, 38, 39. 2. To let loose, to unbind, e. g., from a chariot.

Its use.

Matt. v, 17. Think not that I am come to destroy — I am not come to destroy, but to xxiv, 2. that shall not be thrown down, xxvi, 61. I am able to destroy the temple, xxvii, 40. Thou that destroyest the temple, Mark xiii, 2. that shall not be thrown down, xiv, 58. I will destroy this temple, xv, 29. Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, Luke ix, 12. and lodge and get victuals, xix, 7. gone to be guest with a man that xxi, 6. that shall not be thrown down, Acts v, 38. be of men, it will come to nought, 39. if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow vi, 14. Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this Rom. xiv, 20. For meat destroy not the work 2 Cor. v, 1. of (this) tabernacle were dissolved, Gal. ii, 18. the things which I destroyed.