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Governments

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GREEK · G7874

κατάλυσις

katalusis — a resting-place

1. a dissolving, dissolution of governments, (Thucydides), etc. 2. the dismissal or disbanding of a body of men, στρατιᾶς (Xenophon Historicus); εἰς κατάλυσιν till dismissal , of soldiers at a review, (Xenophon Historicus) 3. κ. τοῦ πολέμου an ending of the war, pacification , (Thucydides) 4. generally, an end, termination , (Xenophon Historicus) 5. a resting, lodging, rest , (Euripides) 6. = κατάλυμα, a resting-place, guest-chamber, quarters, lodging , καταλύσιες (ionic for -λύσεις); (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)

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Historical dictionary entry

(1 Cor. 12:28), the powers which fit a man for a place of influence in the church; “the steersman’s art; the art of guiding aright the vessel of church or state.”

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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