καταργέω katargeō G2673
“I bring to naught, sever, abolish” — Dodson Greek Lexicon
Same root: Related words from the same root: 20 more words
Strong's Greek Dictionary (1890) says these words are built from one another, all going back to ἔργον ergon (G2041). Each line says which source links it. Words with a prefix are listed with their main word, not with the prefix. Related words can still differ in meaning.
- ἔργον ergon G2041 “work, labor, action, deed” head of this family (per Strong's: a primary word) in 161 verses
- ἐργάζομαι ergazomai G2038 “I word, trade, do” built from ἔργον G2041 (per Strong's) · Abbott-Smith agrees in 39 verses
- κατεργάζομαι katergazomai G2716 “I work out, produce, accomplish” built from κατά G2596 + ἐργάζομαι G2038 (per Strong's) in 22 verses
- ἐνεργέω energeō G1754 “I work, accomplish, am operative” built from ἐνεργής, ἐναργής G1756 (per Strong's) in 19 verses
- ἐργάτης ergatēs G2040 “a field-laborer, workman” built from ἔργον G2041 (per Strong's) in 15 verses
- συνεργός sunergos G4904 “a fellow worker” built from σύν G4862 + ἔργον G2041 (per Strong's) in 13 verses
- ἐνέργεια energeia G1753 “working, activity” built from ἐνεργής, ἐναργής G1756 (per Strong's) · Abbott-Smith agrees in 8 verses
- ἀργός argos G0692 “idle, lazy, thoughtless” built from ἀ- G0001 + ἔργον G2041 (per Strong's) in 7 verses
- ἐργασία ergasia G2039 “working, activity, trade, performance” built from ἐργάτης G2040 (per Strong's) · Abbott-Smith agrees in 6 verses
- συνεργέω sunergeō G4903 “I work together” built from συνεργός G4904 (per Strong's) in 5 verses
- ἐνεργής, ἐναργής energēs, enargēs G1756 “effective” built from ἐν G1722 + ἔργον G2041 (per Strong's) in 3 verses
- ἐνέργημα energēma G1755 “a working, an effect” built from ἐνεργέω G1754 (per Strong's) · Abbott-Smith agrees in 2 verses
Built from κατά kata G2596 + ἀργέω argeō G0691 (per Strong's). The first part is a prefix (a preposition or a short prefix such as “un-”), so the word is listed with the family of the last part only, never with the prefix.
Rendered in BSB as: nullify ×2, was fading away ×2, should it use up ×1, do we, then, nullify ×1, is worthless ×1, might be rendered powerless ×1, she is released ×1, we have been released ×1, are coming to nothing ×1, will destroy ×1, they will cease ×1, it will be dismissed ×1, passes away ×1, i set aside ×1, he has destroyed ×1, to be destroyed is ×1, fleeting ×1, can it be removed ×1, to nullify ×1, have been severed ×1 (27 links)
Each verse shows the form used there and its grammar in plain English. What do these terms mean?
Full definitions (source + licence)
Dodson Greek Lexicon [G2673]
(a) I make idle (inactive), make of no effect, annul, abolish, bring to naught, (b) I discharge, sever, separate from.
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26 verse(s)
- Luke 13:7 and he said unto the vine-dresser, Lo, three years I come seeking fruit in this fig-tree, and do not find, cut it off, why also the ground doth it render useless?katargei – present (ongoing or repeated action) · active (the subject does it) · indicative (stated as fact) · he, she or itverse | pericope | chapter
V-PAI-3S - Romans 3:3 for what, if certain were faithless? shall their faithlessness the faithfulness of god make useless?katargēsei – future (expected to happen) · active (the subject does it) · indicative (stated as fact) · he, she or itverse | pericope | chapter
V-FAI-3S - Romans 3:31 Law then do we make useless through the faith? let it not be! yea, we do establish law.katargoumen – present (ongoing or repeated action) · active (the subject does it) · indicative (stated as fact) · weverse | pericope | chapter
V-PAI-1P - Romans 4:14 for if they who are of law [are] heirs, the faith hath been made void, and the promise hath been made useless;katērgētai – perfect (completed, with a lasting result) · passive (done to him, her or it) · indicative (stated as fact) · he, she or itverse | pericope | chapter
V-RPI-3S - Romans 6:6 this knowing, that our old man was crucified with [him], that the body of the sin may be made useless, for our no longer serving the sin;katargēthēa – aorist (a completed action, seen as a whole) · passive (done to him, her or it) · subjunctive (possible / intended / 'if') · he, she or itverse | pericope | chapter
V-APS-3S - Romans 7:2 for the married woman to the living husband hath been bound by law, and if the husband may die, she hath been free from the law of the husband;katērgētai – perfect (completed, with a lasting result) · passive (done to him, her or it) · indicative (stated as fact) · he, she or itverse | pericope | chapter
V-RPI-3S - Romans 7:6 and now we have ceased from the law, that being dead in which we were held, so that we may serve in newness of spirit, and not in oldness of letter.katērgēthēmen – aorist (a completed action, seen as a whole) · passive (done to us) · indicative (stated as fact) · weverse | pericope | chapter
V-API-1P - 1 Corinthians 1:28 and the base things of the world, and the things despised did God choose, and the things that are not, that the things that are He may make useless —katargēsē – aorist (a completed action, seen as a whole) · active (the subject does it) · subjunctive (possible / intended / 'if') · he, she or itverse | pericope | chapter
V-AAS-3S - 1 Corinthians 2:6 And wisdom we speak among the perfect, and wisdom not of this age, nor of the rulers of this age — of those becoming useless,katargoumenōn – present (ongoing or repeated action) · passive (done to the subject) · participle (verb used like an adjective) · genitive plural masculine (matches the word it goes with)verse | pericope | chapter
V-PPP-GPM - 1 Corinthians 6:13 the meats [are] for the belly, and the belly for the meats. And God both this and these shall make useless; and the body [is] not for whoredom, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body;katargēsei – future (expected to happen) · active (the subject does it) · indicative (stated as fact) · he, she or itverse | pericope | chapter
V-FAI-3S - 1 Corinthians 13:8 The love doth never fail; and whether [there be] prophecies, they shall become useless; whether tongues, they shall cease; whether knowledge, it shall become useless;katargēthēsontai – future (expected to happen) · passive (done to them) · indicative (stated as fact) · theyverse | pericope | chapter
V-FPI-3P - 1 Corinthians 13:10 and when that which is perfect may come, then that which [is] in part shall become useless.katargēthēsetai – future (expected to happen) · passive (done to him, her or it) · indicative (stated as fact) · he, she or itverse | pericope | chapter
V-FPI-3S - 1 Corinthians 13:11 When I was a babe, as a babe I was speaking, as a babe I was thinking, as a babe I was reasoning, and when I have become a man, I have made useless the things of the babe;katērgēka – perfect (completed, with a lasting result) · active (the subject does it) · indicative (stated as fact) · Iverse | pericope | chapter
V-RAI-1S - 1 Corinthians 15:24 then — the end, when he may deliver up the reign to God, even the Father, when he may have made useless all rule, and all authority and power —katargēsē – aorist (a completed action, seen as a whole) · active (the subject does it) · subjunctive (possible / intended / 'if') · he, she or itverse | pericope | chapter
V-AAS-3S - 1 Corinthians 15:26 the last enemy is done away — death;katargeitai – present (ongoing or repeated action) · passive (done to him, her or it) · indicative (stated as fact) · he, she or itverse | pericope | chapter
V-PPI-3S - 2 Corinthians 3:7 and if the ministration of the death, in letters, engraved in stones, came in glory, so that the sons of Israel were not able to look stedfastly to the face of Moses, because of the glory of his face — which was being made useless,katargoumenēn – present (ongoing or repeated action) · passive (done to the subject) · participle (verb used like an adjective) · accusative singular feminine (matches the word it goes with)verse | pericope | chapter
V-PPP-ASF - 2 Corinthians 3:11 for if that which is being made useless [is] through glory, much more that which is remaining [is] in glory.katargoumenon – present (ongoing or repeated action) · passive (done to the subject) · participle (verb used like an adjective) · nominative singular neuter (matches the word it goes with)verse | pericope | chapter
V-PPP-NSN - 2 Corinthians 3:13 and [are] not as Moses, who was putting a vail upon his own face, for the sons of Israel not stedfastly to look to the end of that which is being made useless,katargoumenou – present (ongoing or repeated action) · passive (done to the subject) · participle (verb used like an adjective) · genitive singular neuter (matches the word it goes with)verse | pericope | chapter
V-PPP-GSN - 2 Corinthians 3:14 but their minds were hardened, for unto this day the same vail at the reading of the Old Covenant doth remain unwithdrawn — which in Christ is being made useless —katargeitai – present (ongoing or repeated action) · passive (done to him, her or it) · indicative (stated as fact) · he, she or itverse | pericope | chapter
V-PPI-3S - Galatians 3:17 and this I say, A covenant confirmed before by God to Christ, the law, that came four hundred and thirty years after, doth not set aside, to make void the promise,katargēsai – aorist (a completed action, seen as a whole) · active (the subject does it) · infinitive ('to …' form)verse | pericope | chapter
V-AAN - Galatians 5:4 ye were freed from the Christ, ye who in law are declared righteous; from the grace ye fell away;katērgēthēte – aorist (a completed action, seen as a whole) · passive (done to you) · indicative (stated as fact) · you (plural)verse | pericope | chapter
V-API-2P - Galatians 5:11 And I, brethren, if uncircumcision I yet preach, why yet am I persecuted? then hath the stumbling-block of the cross been done away;katērgētai – perfect (completed, with a lasting result) · passive (done to him, her or it) · indicative (stated as fact) · he, she or itverse | pericope | chapter
V-RPI-3S - Ephesians 2:15 the enmity in his flesh, the law of the commands in ordinances having done away, that the two he might create in himself into one new man, making peace,katargēsas – aorist (a completed action, seen as a whole) · active (the subject does it) · participle (verb used like an adjective) · nominative singular masculine (matches the word it goes with)verse | pericope | chapter
V-AAP-NSM - 2 Thessalonians 2:8 and then shall be revealed the Lawless One, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the manifestation of his presence,katargēsei – future (expected to happen) · active (the subject does it) · indicative (stated as fact) · he, she or itverse | pericope | chapter
V-FAI-3S - 2 Timothy 1:10 and was made manifest now through the manifestation of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who indeed did abolish death, and did enlighten life and immortality through the good news,katargēsantos – aorist (a completed action, seen as a whole) · active (the subject does it) · participle (verb used like an adjective) · genitive singular masculine (matches the word it goes with)verse | pericope | chapter
V-AAP-GSM - Hebrews 2:14 Seeing, then, the children have partaken of flesh and blood, he himself also in like manner did take part of the same, that through death he might destroy him having the power of death — that is, the devil —katargēsē – aorist (a completed action, seen as a whole) · active (the subject does it) · subjunctive (possible / intended / 'if') · he, she or itverse | pericope | chapter
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