Word Study · Strong's G2646 · Greek
κατάλυμα
katalyma
kat-al'-oo-mah
Strong's 1890 spelling: katályma
“properly, a dissolution (breaking up of a journey), i.e. (by implication) a lodging-place”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
properly, a dissolution (breaking up of a journey), i.e. (by implication) a lodging-place
Rendered in the KJV as
guestchamber, inn.
- 3occurrencesin the New Testament
- 2 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- κατάλυμα1
- κατάλυμά1
- καταλύματι.¶1
How it is rendered · 2
- guest room2
- inn.1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter singular2
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singular1
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- N-NSN · 2
- N-DSN · 1
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Where this word lives
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Luke2 occurrences
- Luke 2:7καταλύματι.¶katalumatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singularAnd she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. She wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.here: inn.
- Luke 22:11κατάλυμαkatalumanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singularand say to the owner of that house, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’here: guest room