to prepare

Greek Verb

κατα-σκευάζω [in LXX: Isa.40:19, 28, (בָּרָא), etc;] to prepare, make ready: τ. ὁδόν, Mat.11:10, Mrk.1:2, Luk.7:27; οἶκον, Heb.3:3-4; σκηνήν, Heb.9:2, 6; κιβωτόν, Heb.11:7, 1Pe.3:20; pass. pf. ptcp, λαον κ, Luk.1:17. (AS)

to prepare

Greek Verb

κατασκευ-άζω, future -σκευάσω, Attic dialect -σκευῶ [Refs] (Athens, [Refs 4th c.BC+] aorist -εσκεύαξα Ti. Locrian dialect94d, [Refs] aorist infinitive -σκευάττη [Refs] (Tanagra, 3rd c.BC): perfect -εσκεύᾰκα [Refs 4th c.BC+]: future middle 3rd.person etc for 1st.person, 2nd.person singular -ᾶται [Refs] (Halic.): Doric dialect aorist middle -εσκευαξάμην [Refs]:—equip, furnish fully with. , [πᾶσι] κ. τὸ πλοῖον with all appliances, [Refs 4th c.BC+] —middle, τοὺς ἵππους Χαλκοῖς. προβλήμασι κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] —frequently in passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. 2) without dative, furnish, equip fully, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; [ἐλέφαντας] [Refs] (Adule, 3rd c.BC):—middle, κ. τοὺς ὄνους having got his asses ready, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+] cultivated farms, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 4; of persons, to be under treatment, [Refs 1st c.BC+] 3) construct, build, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (passive); [Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἱερὰ θυσίας τε αὑτοῖς κ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]: generally, prepare, arrange, establish, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; κ. τινὰς μελέτῃ train them, [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc; turn out, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —middle, κατασκευάζεσθαι ναυμαχίαν prepare it, make ready for it, variant for{παρασκ-} in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; make for oneself, especially build a house and furnish it, opposed to [Refs]; unpack, opposed to ἀνασκ, [Refs 6th c.BC+], etc; κ. τράπεζαν set up a bank, [Refs 4th c.BC+] I am setting up as a perfumer, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [πρόσοδον] οὐ μικρὰν κατεσκευάσαντο made themselves a good [income], [Refs 5th c.BC+] 4) of fraudulent transactions, fabricate, trump up, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; of persons, suborn, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; set up, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; οἱ κατεσκευασμένοι τῶν Θετταλῶν men prepared for the purpose, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: with infinitive, [Refs]. 5) with double accusative, make, render, [φρούρια] [Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἀριστερὰ δεξιῶν ἀσθενέστερα κ, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (also with adverb, πρὸς ἑαυτὸν κ. εὖ τὸν ἀκροατήν render the audience favourably disposed towards oneself, [Refs] 6) represent as so and so, κ. τινὰς παροίνους, ὑβριστάς, ἀγνώμονας, [Refs 4th c.BC+] unless you make out a Gorgias to be [Refs 5th c.BC+] 7) in argument, maintain, prove, τῶν ἐν Εὐβοίᾳ πραγμάτων. ὡς ἐγὼ αἴτιός εἰμι, κατεσκεύαζε tried to make out that, [Refs 4th c.BC+] establish a proposition by reasoning, [Refs 1st c.BC+]. 8) in Logic, construct a positive argument, opposed to ἀναιρέω, ἀνασκευάζω (of negative arguments), [Refs 4th c.BC+] construct, postulate, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 9) Geometry texts, construct, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; solve by a construction, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]. 10) Rhet, frame, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; elaborate, [Refs 1st c.BC+]. 11) absolutely in middle, prepare oneself or make ready for doing, [Refs 6th c.BC+]. 12) passive, of disease, to become established, [Refs 2nd c.AD+].

Greek

Verb

to prepare thoroughly (properly, by external equipment; whereas g2090 (ἑτοιμάζω) refers rather to internal fitness); by implication, to construct, create; build, make, ordain, prepare; from g2596 (κατά) and a derivative of g4632 (σκεῦος)