verb

katargimō

Greekκαταργέω (katargeō)

Strong’sG2673

I bring to naught, sever, abolish

stem katarg-27 times in the New Testamentin 9 of 27 books19 forms occur

Translated as

What it means

Forms in the New Testament

Where it appears

27 occurrences, every one of them listed

katargatō“use up”happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular1×

Luke 13:7“use up”legata de pros ton ampelourgon; Idou treis eteim apo hou erchemō zētarōtos karpon en ta suka houta kai ouk heuriskamō; ekkoptasar autan; hinati kai tan gēan katargatō?So he said to the keeper of the vineyard, ‘Look, for the past three years I have come to search for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Therefore cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’

katarganō“nullify”happening now · wepresent active indicative 1st person plural1×

Romans 3:31“nullify”nomon oun katarganō dia tau pistiau? mē ginetoia, alla nomon histananō.Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.

katargitō“destroyed”happening now · he/she/itpresent passive indicative 3rd person singular2×

1 Corinthians 15:26“destroyed”eschatos echthros katargitō tos thanatos,The last enemy to be destroyed is death.

2 Corinthians 3:14“taken away”alla pōrita teim noēmeim autoiu. achri gar tau sēmeron hēmerau tem autem kalummem epi ta anagnōsia tau palaiau diathēkau menatō mē anakaluptirōtem, hoti en Christo katargitō,But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.

katargati“destroy”will happen · he/she/itfuture active indicative 3rd person singular3×

Romans 3:3“nullify”tinem gar? ei apistala tinois, mē tas apistias autoiu tan pistian tou theou katargati?What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness?

1 Corinthians 6:13“destroy”teim brōmeim ta koilia, kai tas koilias tei brōmei; tos de theos kai houtan kai houteim katargati. tem de sōmem ouk ta porneia alla to kurio, kai tos kurios te sōme;“Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

2 Thessalonians 2:8“destroy”kai tote apokaluptiti tos anomos, hon tos kurios Iēsus anairati te pneume teu stomeu autou kai katargati ta epifaneia tau parousiau autou,And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.

katargiti“pass away”will happen · he/she/itfuture passive indicative 3rd person singular2×

1 Corinthians 13:8“pass away”Tas agapas oudepote piptatō. eite de profēteiais, katargili; eite glōssais, paueli; eite gnōsias, katargiti.Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be restrained; where there is knowledge, it will be dismissed.

1 Corinthians 13:10“come to an end”hotan de erchateia tem teleiem, tem ek mereu katargiti.but when the perfect comes, the partial passes away.

katargili“come to an end”will happen · theyfuture passive indicative 3rd person plural1×

1 Corinthians 13:8“come to an end”Tas agapas oudepote piptatō. eite de profēteiais, katargili; eite glōssais, paueli; eite gnōsias, katargiti.Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be restrained; where there is knowledge, it will be dismissed.

katargina“released”happened · weaorist passive indicative 1st person plural1×

Romans 7:6“released”nuni de katargina apo tou nomou, apothnēskaratois en ho katechine, hōste douleuarō nin en kainota pneumeu kai ouk palaiota grammeu.But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.

katargiva“alienated”happened · yeaorist passive indicative 2nd person plural1×

Galatians 5:4“alienated”katargiva apo Christou hotinois en nomo dikaiivō, tau chariau ekpiptava.You who are trying to be justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.

katargamē“put an end to”has happened · Iperfect active indicative 1st person singular1×

1 Corinthians 13:11“put an end to”hote eme nēpios, lalame hōs nēpios, froname hōs nēpios, logizeme hōs nēpios; hote ginamē anēros, katargamē teim tou nēpiou.When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside childish ways.

katargitē“released”has happened · he/she/itperfect passive indicative 3rd person singular3×

Romans 4:14“nullified”ei gar tois ek nomou klēronomois, kenitē tas pistias kai katargitē tas epangelias;For if those who live by the law are heirs, faith is useless and the promise is worthless,

Romans 7:2“released”tas gar hupandras gunaikas to zōarōto anēro ditē nomo; ean de apothnēskateia tos anēros, katargitē apo tou nomou tou anērou.For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.

Galatians 5:11“abolished”mis de, adelfoir, ei peritoman ēti kērussamō, tinem ēti diōkimō? ara katargitē tem skandalem tou staurou.Now, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished.

katargateia“destroy”happened · he/she/itaorist active subjunctive 3rd person singular3×

1 Corinthians 1:28“bring to nothing”kai teim ageneim tou kosmou kai teim exouthenirēteim eklegeta tos theos, teim mē arōteim, hina teim arōteim katargateia,He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,

1 Corinthians 15:24“destroyed”eita tem telem, hotan paradōateiō tan basileian to theo kai patēro, hotan katargateia pantan archan kai pantan exousian kai dunamian,Then the end will come, when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father after He has destroyed all dominion, authority, and power.

Hebrews 2:14“destroy”Epei oun teim paidieim koinōnatē haimeu kai sarxau, kai autos paraplēsiōs metechata teiu auteiu, hina dia tou thanatou katargateia ton tem kratem echarōton tou thanatou, houtem atō ton diabolon,Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,

katargiteia“done away with”happened · he/she/itaorist passive subjunctive 3rd person singular1×

Romans 6:6“done away with”houtem gnōskarōtois hoti tos palaios nu anthrōpos sustaurita, hina katargiteia tem sōmem tau hamartau, teu mēketi douleuarō nin ta hamarta,We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.

katargara“nullify”happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive1×

Galatians 3:17“nullify”houtem de legamō; diathēkan prokurirētan hupo tou theou tos meta tetrakosioi kai triakonta eteim ginarētos nomos ouk akuratō, eis tem katargara tan epangelian.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.

katargirōtem“set aside came”happening now · subjectpresent passive participle direct singular neuter1×

2 Corinthians 3:11“set aside came”ei gar tem katargirōtem dia doxau, polle mallon tem menarōtem en doxa.For if what was fading away came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which endures!

katargirōtan“set aside”happening now · objectpresent passive participle accusative singular feminine1×

2 Corinthians 3:7“set aside”Ei de tas diakonias tou thanatou en grammei entupirētas lithoi ginita en doxa, hōste mē dunerō atenizara toin huioin Israēl eis tem prosōpem Mōusou dia tan doxan teu prosōpeu autou tan katargirōtan,Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory,

katargirōteu“set aside”happening now · of, belonging topresent passive participle genitive singular neuter1×

2 Corinthians 3:13“set aside”kai ouk kathaper Mōusos tithate kalummem epi tem prosōpem autou, pros tem mē atenizara toin huioin Israēl eis tem telem teu katargirōteu.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.

katargirōtoiu“coming to nothing”happening now · of, belonging topresent passive participle genitive plural masculine1×

1 Corinthians 2:6“coming to nothing”Sofian de lalanō en toi teleioi, sofian de ouk tou aiōnou houtou oude toiu archōnoiu tou aiōnou houtou toiu katargirōtoiu;Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom — but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.

katargaratos“abolishing”happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular masculine1×

Ephesians 2:15“abolishing”ton nomon taiu entolaiu en dogmei katargaratos, hina toin duo ktizateia en heauto eis henon kainon anthrōpon poiarōtos eirēnan,by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace

katargaratou“abolished”happened · of, belonging toaorist active participle genitive singular masculine1×

2 Timothy 1:10“abolished”faneriratan de nun dia tau epifaneiau tou sōtērou nu Iēsu Christou, katargaratou men ton thanaton fōtizaratou de zōan kai aftharsian dia teu euangelieu,And now He has revealed this grace through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the gospel,