Forms of the word
Greek transliteration
katargeō
Simplified transliteration
katargeo
Principal Parts
καταργήσω, κατήργησα, κατήργηκα, κατήργημαι, κατηργήθην
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
27
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
cv-1d(2a)
Gloss
to nullify, abolish, make ineffective; (pass.) cease, pass away
Definition
to render useless, or unproductive, occupy unprofitable, Lk. 13:7; to render powerless, Rom. 6:6; to make empty and unmeaning, Rom. 4:14; to render null, to abrogate, cancel, Rom. 3:3, 31; Eph. 2:15; to bring to an end, 1 Cor. 2:6; 13:8; 15:24, 26; 2 Cor. 3:7; to destroy, annihilate, 2 Thess. 2:8; Heb. 2:14; to free from, dissever from, Rom. 7:2, 6; Gal. 5:4
Greek-English Concordance for καταργέω
| Hebrews 2:14 |
Therefore since the children share in blood and flesh, he himself also, in the same way, shared the same things so that by his death he might destroy (katargēsē | καταργήσῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) the one who holds the power of death (that is, the devil), |