What does κατάλυμα (katályma) mean in the Bible?
κατάλυμα (katályma): Lodging-place for travelers or guest-room in a home; context determines whether commercial inn or private hospitality space.
Greek · G2646
κατάλυμα
Guest room/inn
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κατάλυμα G2646
Pronunciation katályma
What does κατάλυμα (katályma) mean in the Bible?
κατάλυμα (katályma): Lodging-place for travelers or guest-room in a home; context determines whether commercial inn or private hospitality space.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2646?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include guest room (2), inn (1).
Where does κατάλυμα (katályma) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Mark 14:14. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (2), Mark (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It guest room 2× Mark 14:14, Luke 22:11
inn 1× Luke 2:7
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Mark 14:14
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
Mark 1 Luke 2
Source forms
κατάλυμα 1x katalyma Luke 22:11
κατάλυμά 1x katalyma Mark 14:14
καταλύματι 1x katalymati Luke 2:7
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular 2x Mark 14:14, Luke 22:11
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular 1x Luke 2:7
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Lodging-place for travelers or guest-room in a home; context determines whether commercial inn or private hospitality space.
Strong's G2646
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
guest room/inn
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Lodging-place for travelers or guest-room in a home; context determines whether commercial inn or private hospitality space.
(καταλύω), [in LXX: Exo.4:24 (מָלוֹן), 1Ki.9:22 (לִשְׁכָּה), etc. ;]
1= cl. καταγώγιον (cf. πανδοχεῖον), an inn, lodgingplace: Luk.2:7 (so Ex, l.with, and MGr.).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Mark 14:14 Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
κατάλυμα, kataluma
an inn, lodging-place
Read verse Luke 2:7 Noun Dative Singular Neuter
καταλύματι. katalumati
an inn, lodging-place
Read verse Luke 22:11 Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
κατάλυμα, kataluma
an inn, lodging-place
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Nominative (2) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Mark 14:14 · Luke 22:11 2×
Dative · Singular · Neuter Luke 2:7 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Witnesses
Luke 2:1–7 κατάλυμα katályma
Guest room, lodging place
Showing 1 selected witness from 3 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
κατάλυμα is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain