κατασκευάζω: future κατασκευάσω; 1 aorist κατεσκεύασα; Passive, present κατασκευάζομαι; perfect participle κατεσκευασμενος; 1 aorist κατεσκευασθην; to furnish, equip, prepare, make ready; a. of one who makes anything ready for a person or thing: τήν ὁδόν, Mat_11:10; Mar_1:2; Luk_7:27; perfect passive participle prepared in spirit, Luk_1:17 (Xenophon, Cyril 5, 5, 10). b. of builders, to construct, erect, with the included idea of adoming and equipping with all things necessary (often so in Greek authors; cf. Bleek, Brief a. d. Hebrew ii. 1, p. 398f): οἶκον, Heb_3:3 f; κιβωτόν, Heb_11:7; 1Pe_3:20; σκηνήν, Heb_9:2; Heb_9:6; the Sept. for αΘΜψΘΰ, Isa_40:28; Isa_43:7.

κατασκευάζω kataskeuazō 11x to prepare, put in readiness, Mat_11:10 ; Mar_1:2 ; Luk_1:17 ; Luk_7:27 ; to construct, form, build, Heb_3:3-4 ; Heb_9:2 ; Heb_9:6 ; Heb_11:7 ; 1Pe_3:20 * build, build up; prepare.

κατα -σκευάζω , [in LXX : Isa_40:19 ; Isa_40:28 , ( H1254 ), etc.;] to prepare, make ready: τ . ὁδόν , Mat_11:10 , Mar_1:2 , Luk_7:27 ; οἶκον , Heb_3:3-4 ; σκηνήν , Heb_9:2 ; Heb_9:6 ; κιβωτόν , Heb_11:7 , 1Pe_3:20 ; pass . pf . ptcp ., λαον κ ., Luk_1:17 .†

κατασκευάζω [page 332] κατασκευάζω occurs in the more general sense of furnish, provide, in BGU IV. 1065 .7 (A.D. 97) with reference to the purchase of a pair of bracelets which the goldsmith κατεσκεύασε αὐτῷ : cf. P Oxy XII. 1428 .10 (iv/A.D.) τοὺς ὑπευθύνους τὴν ἐσθῆτα ἀ̣νεπι [κλή ]τ̣οις̣ τοῖς ὑφάσμασιν κατασκευάσαι , that the persons responsible provide (or manufacture) the clothing in irreproachable(?) materials. For the use of the verb in the sense of building, or equipping a building, as in Heb_3:3 , see P Tebt I. 33 .8 (B.C. 112) (= Selections , p. 30) where, with reference to the visit of a Roman senator to the Fayόm, directions are given φρόντισον ὡς ἐπὶ τῶν καθηκόντων τόπων αἵ τε αὐλαὶ κατασκ̣ευα̣σ̣[θ ]η̣σ̣[ο ]ν̣ται , take care that at the proper places the guest-chambers be got ready, and cf. ib. II. 342 .16 (late ii/A.D.) τὸ κατασκευασθ (ὲν ) ἐκ καινῆς ἐν Σομολ (ῶ ) κεραμεῖον σὺν πᾶσι χρηστ (ηρίοις ), the newly fitted pottery at Somolo together with all furniture (Edd.), P Amh II. 64 .2 (A.D. 107) περὶ δαπάνης εἰς τὸ ἐκ καινῆς κατασκευαζόμενον βαλανεῖον , and P Oxy VI. 892 .8 (A.D. 338) εἰς . . . [τ ]ὴν κατασκευαζ [ο ]μένην βορρινὴν πύλην τῆς πόλεως , for the construction of the north gate of the city (Edd.). From the inscrr. it is sufficient to cite Syll 500 .22 (B.C. 320) where, with reference to the ὁδοί (cf. Mat_11:10 al. ) by which the procession was to reach the temple of Zeus Soter, it is provided ὅπως ἂν ὁμαλισθῶσιν καὶ κατασκευασθῶσιν ὡς βέλτιστα . For the subst κατασκευἡ , see P Ryl II. 157 .16 (A.D. 135) τῆς δαπάνης τῆς τε ἐπισκευῆς καὶ κατασκευῆς τοῦ ξυλικοῦ [ὀργάνου , the cost of keeping and repairing the wooden water-wheel (Edd.), P Oxy XII. 1461 .12 (A.D. 222) ε [ἰ ]ς κατασκευὴν ἄλ̣(λας ) (δραχημὰς ) κ̣̄ , for repairs 20 drachmae more (Edd.), Michel 487 .14 (ii/B.C. ad init ) εἰς τὴν κατασκευὴν τοῦ θεάτρου . For κατασκεύασμα , cf. Syll 169 .4 ( c. B.C. 306) εἴς τε τὰ κατασκευάσμα [τα τοῦ ἱεροῦ καὶ τῆ ]ς πανηγύρεως , and Aristeas 52 προεθυμεῖτο μὲν οὖν ὁ βασιλεὺς ὑπέροπλόν τι ποιῆσαι τοῖς μέτροις τὸ κατασκεύασμα , now, the king s intention was to make this piece of work of gigantic dimensions (Thackeray)

κατασκευάζω fut. -σκευάσω "to equip or furnish fully", Dem. ; so in Mid., Xen. :—Pass., σκηνὴ χρυσῷ κατεσκευασμένη Hdt. , etc. "to get ready, make, build", id=Hdt. , Plat. , etc.:—hence, "to prepare, arrange", δημοκρατίαν Xen. ; συμπόσιον Plat. , etc.: —Mid. "to make for oneself", esp. "to build" a house "and furnish" it, Thuc. : "to pack up", also opp. to ἀνασκευάζεσθαι, Xen. of fraudulent transactions, "to get up, trump up", id=Xen. , etc.; of persons, "to suborn", Arist. "to make" so and so, with a second acc., εἰ μὴ Γοργίαν Νέστορά τινα κατασκευάζεις unless "you make" Gorgias a kind of Nestor, Plat. : also, "to represent as" so and so, κ. τινὰ πάροινον, Dem. in Logic, "to construct" an argument, Arist. absol. in Mid. "to make ready for doing", ὡς πολεμήσοντες Thuc. ; ὡς οἰκήσων Xen.

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)