to abate
Definition:
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. Metaph. (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)
Definition:
καταργ-έω,
leave unemployed or
idle, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατηργηκέναι τοὺς καιρούς
to have missed the opportunities, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
make the ground
useless, cumber it, [
NT]
2)
cause to be idle, hinder in one's work, [
LXX+1st c.AD+]
passive, [
LXX];
to be rendered or
lie idle, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]
II)
make of no effect, NT.Rom.3.3,31, +others:—
passive,
to be abolished, cease, [
NT]
to be set free from, [
NT];
to be parted, [
Refs].
Pronounciation:
kat-arg-eh'-o
Definition:
to be (render) entirely idle (useless), literally or figuratively; abolish, cease, cumber, deliver, destroy, do away, become (make) of no (none, without) effect, fail, loose, bring (come) to nought, put away (down), vanish away, make void; from
g2596 (κατά) and
g691 (ἀργέω);