GreekG2673Verb

καταργέω

katargeō

26Occurrences
G2673Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to be (render) entirely idle (useless), literally or figuratively

from G2596 (κατά) and G691 (ἀργέω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
to make idle or inactive (χέρας, Eur., Phœn., 753): of soil occupied by an unfruitful tree. Metaphorical (Inscr.), to render inoperative or invalid, to abrogate, abolish: ,; pass. ; (of persons), to be separated, discharged or loosed from.
LXX: (בְּטֵל)*

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

καταργέω appears 26 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Corinthians
8
Romans
6
2 Corinthians
4
Galatians
3
2 Thessalonians
1
2 Timothy
1
Ephesians
1
Hebrews
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 1:28BSB

He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,

1 Corinthians 15:26BSB

The last enemy to be destroyed is death.

2 Corinthians 3:13BSB

We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at the end of what was fading away.

Galatians 3:17BSB

What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise.

Romans 3:3BSB

What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness?

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