To abate
καταργέωStrong’s G2673katargeō
Appears in 26 verses of the New Testament
In short
Katargeō is the Greek word usually translated “should it use up”, “nullify” and “do we nullify”. It appears in 26 verses of the New Testament.
“And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:”
Meaning
Usually translated “should it use up”, “nullify” and “do we nullify”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- should it use up 1
- will nullify 1
- do we nullify 1
- has been nullified 1
- may be annulled 1
- she has been cleared 1
- we have been released 1
- he may annul 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Corinthians 8
- Romans 6
- 2 Corinthians 4
- Galatians 3
- Luke 1
- Ephesians 1
9 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 13:7Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?
- Romans 3:3For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
- Romans 3:31Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
- Romans 4:14For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:
- Romans 6:6Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
- Romans 7:2For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
Greek dictionary
καταργέω katargeō · to abate
κατ-αργέω, -ῶ (κατά, causative, ἀργός = ἀ-εργός), [in LXX: 2Es.4.21; 2Es.4.23; 2Es.5.5; 2Es.6.8 (בְּטֵל)* ;] to make idle or inactive (χέρας, Eur., Phœn., 753): of soil occupied by an unfruitful tree, Luk.13:7. Metaphorical (Inscr.), to render inoperative or invalid, to abrogate, abolish: Rom.3:3, 31, 1Co.1:28 6:13 13:11 15:24, Gal.3:17, Eph.2:15, 2Th.2:8, 2Ti.1:10, Heb.2:14; pass., Rom.4:14 6:6, 1Co.2:6 13:8 13:10 15:26, 2Co.3:7 3:11-14 Gal.5:11; before ἀπό (of persons), to be separated, discharged or loosed from, Rom.7:2, 6, Gal.5:4.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “abate” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ABA'TE, verb transitive
[Heb. Ch., to beat. The Saxon has the participle gebatod, abated. The prefix is sunk to a in abate and lost in beat. See Class Bd. No. 23, 33.]
- To beat down; to pull down; to destroy in any manner; as to abate a nuisance.
- To lessen; to diminish; to moderate; as to abate zeal; to abate pride; to abate a demand; to abate courage.
- To lessen; to mitigate; as to abate pain or sorrow.
- To overthrow; to cause to fail; to frustrate by judicial sentence; as to abate a writ.
All definitions and other forms of “abate”
- To deject; to depress; as to abate the soul. obsolete
- To deduct;
- To cause to fail; to annul.
- In Conneticut, to remit, as to abate a tax.
ABA'TE, verb intransitive
To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as pain abates; a storm abates.
- To fail; to be defeated, or come to naught; as a writ abates.
- In law, to enter into a freehold after the death of the last occupant, and before the heir or devisee takes possession.
- In horsemanship, to perform well a downward motion.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.