καταργέω
katargéō · G2673 · Greek · 27 occurrences
Meanings
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to cause to come to an end, to cause to become nothing, to put an end to
To cause to cease to exist
Examples1 Corinthians 2:6 Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are mature; a wisdom, however, not of this age nor of the rulers of this age, who are passing away;
1 Corinthians 6:13 Food is for the stomach and the stomach is for food, however God will do away with both of them. But the body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body.
1 Corinthians 13:8 Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away with; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away with.
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to put a stop to
To cause to cease to happen
Examples1 Corinthians 13:11 When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things.
1 Corinthians 15:26 The last enemy that will be abolished is death.
2 Timothy 1:10 but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,
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to invalidate, to abolish, to cause not to function
To render ineffective the power or force of something
ExamplesLuke 13:7 “And he said to the vineyard-keeper, ‘Look! For three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree without finding any. Cut it down! Why does it even use up the ground?’
Romans 3:3 What then? If some did not believe, their unbelief will not nullify the faithfulness of God, will it?
Romans 3:31 Do we then nullify the Law through faith? Far from it! On the contrary, we establish the Law.
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to be freed, to be released
To cause the release from an association with a person or an institution on the basis that the earlier obligation or restriction is no longer relevant or in force
ExamplesRomans 7:2 For the married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he is alive; but if her husband dies, she is released from the law concerning the husband.
Romans 7:6 But now we have been released from the Law, having died to that by which we were bound, so that we serve in newness of the Spirit and not in oldness of the letter.
Galatians 5:4 You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by the Law; you have fallen from grace.
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to no longer take place, to cease
To cease to happen
ExamplesRomans 6:6 knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin;
1 Corinthians 13:8 Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away with; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away with.
1 Corinthians 13:10 but when the perfect comes, the partial will be done away with.
How it’s used In 7 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
27 occurrences in 14 groups
- Not stated: he, she or it 8
- Not stated (participle) 6
- Other words · 12 groups that occur once or twice (13) 13
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
11 occurrences in 12 groups
- Other words · 12 groups that occur once or twice (14) 14
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
6 occurrences in 5 groups
- ἀπόfrom+ νόμοςlaw, the Law 2
- διάthrough+ θάνατοςdeath 1
- διάthrough+ πίστιςfaith, trust, faithfulness 1
- ἐνin+ ΧριστόςChrist, Messiah 1
- ἀπόfrom+ ΧριστόςChrist, Messiah 1
With adverbsAdverbs
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἱνατίwhy 1
- νυνίnow 1
Named alongside itApposition
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- δόξαglory 1
- ἄνομοςlawless 1
- ἄρχωνruler, governor, official 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- εἰςto 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- τέλοςend 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- καταλύω katalýō · G2647 · to destroy, to tear down, destruction
- Both verbs converge in the semantic space of bringing something to an end or rendering it void or inoperative. The distinguishing feature between them — physical dismantling versus operational voiding or invalidation — is a real nuance that does not undermine the genuine convergence between the two verbs in the sense of abolishing or ending something.
Semantic domains 5 entries
- To cause to come to an end, to cause to become nothing, to put an end to13.100
- In 1 Corinthians 13:11, Paul reflects, “When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things,” using this word for the act of bringing something to an end or discarding it.
- To no longer take place, to cease13.162
- In 1 Corinthians 13:8, Paul contrasts love with spiritual gifts, “Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away with; if there are tongues, they will cease,” using this word for something that will no longer take place or continue.
- To put a stop to13.163
- In Romans 6:6, Paul writes, “our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin,” using this word for the act of putting a decisive stop to something.
- To be freed, to be released37.136
- In Romans 7:6, Paul writes, “we have been released from the Law, having died to that by which we were bound, so that we serve in newness of the Spirit,” using this word for being set free from a binding obligation.
- To invalidate, to abolish, to cause not to function76.26
- In Galatians 3:17, Paul argues, “the Law, which came 430 years later, does not invalidate a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to nullify the promise,” using this word for the act of rendering a covenant or agreement legally void.
Word family 25 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon κατάργω; future καταργήσω; 1 aorist κατήργησα; perfect κατήργηκα; passive, present…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 4 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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