Quick Definition
καταργέω v. I bring to naught, sever, abolish
Strong's Definition
from 2596 and 691; to be (render) entirely idle (useless), literally or figuratively
KJV Usage: 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
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | αργέω + ἔργον
13.100 · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · Exist
to cause to come to an end, to cause to become nothing, to put an end to to cause to cease to exist
1CO 2:6 · 1CO 6:13 · 1CO 13:8 · 2CO 3:11 · 2CO 3:14 · 2TH 2:8 · HEB 2:14
13.163 · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · Happen
to put a stop to to cause to cease to happen
76.26 · Power, Force
to invalidate, to abolish, to cause not to function to render ineffective the power or force of something In rendering this expression in 1CO 1:28 it may be quite necessary to stipulate the reference to τὰ ὄντα, and in this context the contrast between τὰ ὄντα and τὰ μὴ ὄντα may perhaps be best expressed as ‘those things that are not regarded as important in order to abolish those that are regarded as important.’ The rendering of these expressions depends, of course, upon the manner in which the preceding context from verse 26 is rendered.
LUK 13:7 · ROM 3:3 · ROM 3:31 · ROM 4:14 · 1CO 1:28 · 1CO 15:24 · GAL 3:17 · GAL 5:11 · EPH 2:15
37.136 · (καταργέομαι[a]) · Control, Rule · Release, Set Free
to be freed, to be released to cause the release from an association with a person or an institution on the basis that the earlier obligation or restriction is no longer relevant or in force In a number of languages it may be difficult to speak of being freed from a law which stipulates the relationship a woman has to her husband. Accordingly, it may be appropriate to translate this statement in ROM 7:2 as ‘if a woman’s husband dies, the law no longer ties her to her husband’ or even ‘... the law says she is free to marry someone else.’
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
καταργέω katargeō 27x
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
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κατ-αργέω, -ῶ
(< κατά, causative, ἀργός = ἀ-εργός), [in LXX: II Es 4.21, 23 5.5 6.8 (בְּטֵל)*;]
to make idle or inactive (χέρας, Eur., Phœn., 753): of soil occupied by an unfruitful tree, Lk 13:7. Metaph. (Inscr.), to render inoperative or invalid, to abrogate, abolish: Ro 3:3, 31, I Co 1:28 6:13 13:11 15:24, Ga 3:17, Eph 2:15, II Th 2:8, II Ti 1:10, He 2:14; pass., Ro 4:14 6:6, I Co 2:6 13:8, 10 15:26, II Co 3:7, 11, 13, 14, Ga 5:11; seq. ἀπό (of persons), to be separated, discharged or loosed from, Ro 7:2, 6, Ga 5:4.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
καταργέω. This favourite Pauline verb (see Milligan on 2 Th 28) is found in the weakened sense of ‘‘hinder” in P Oxy I. 3817 (A.D. 49-50) (= Selections, p. 54) Katapyotvrds pe χειρότεχνον ὄντα, ‘‘hinders me in my handicraft,” and not infrequently = “render idle or inactive,” as in P Flor II. 1767 (A.D. 256) ὥστε kal ἄνθρωπον καὶ ὄνον καταργηθῆναι, 2. 21815 (A.D. 257) ἵνα τὸ κάρνον μὴ καταργηθῇ, P Strass I. 327 (Δ... 261) twa . . . τὸ ταυρικὸν μὴ καταργῆται. W.H. D. Rouse writes (4/11/08) : ‘‘ Karapyety=darken. Mod. Gr. ἀργά = late. Can the word have got its sense by association with night ?” [when no man can work].
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
καταργέω (katargeō) — to abate. 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].