to destroy/lodge
kataluo denotes tearing down or undoing what stands, and in two scenes entering a place to stay.
The predominant use concerns bringing a structure or comparable thing down: buildings, a temple, an earthly tent-home, a plan, and a work are described in contexts of destruction or undoing. A smaller cluster concerns entering or going to villages in order to stay there.
Senses in use
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Tear down a building or constructed place · dominant
In Luke 21:6 the future passive form occurs in the prediction that no stone will remain upon another; the APB renders the clause "will not be thrown down." Active forms occur in accusations or taunts concerning destroying the temple in Mark 14:58, Mark 15:29, Matthew 26:61, and Matthew 27:40, while 2 Corinthians 5:1 applies the passive form to the earthly tent-home.
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Undo or bring a plan, work, or norm to ruin · common
In Acts 5:38 the future passive form concerns a human plan or work, which the APB renders "it will be destroyed," and Acts 5:39 uses the aorist active infinitive in the warning that they will not be able to stop those men. Matthew 5:17 places the infinitive in the contrast between destroying the law or prophets and fulfilling them; Galatians 2:18 and Romans 14:20 likewise concern what has been rebuilt or the work of God.
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Stay or find lodging · occasional
The aorist active infinitive is used of entering to stay with a man in Luke 19:7, where the APB renders "to lodge." In Luke 9:12, the plural aorist subjunctive concerns the crowd going into villages and fields so that they may lodge and find food.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the destruction contexts, the APB uses "destroyed," "destroy," "thrown down," and "stop"; in the lodging contexts it uses "to lodge" and "may lodge." Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, these renderings indicate the clauses' presentation rather than fixed English equivalents.