Quick Definition
κατεργάζομαι v. I work out, produce, accomplish
Strong's Definition
from 2596 and 2038; to work fully, i.e. accomplish; by implication, to finish, fashion
KJV Usage: cause, to (deed), perform, work (out)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ἐργάζομαι
42.17 · Perform, Do · Do, Perform
to accomplish, to perform successfully, to do thoroughly to do something with success and/or thoroughness
90.47 · Case · Agent of a Numerable Event
to do, to make, to perform a marker of an agent relation with numerable events, with the probable implication of comprehensiveness
ROM 1:27 · ROM 2:9 · ROM 7:15 · ROM 7:17 · ROM 7:18 · ROM 7:20 · ROM 15:18 · 1CO 5:3 · 2CO 12:12 · 1PE 4:3
1 Any meaning involving ‘to cause to be’ implies some change in state, and therefore one could classify these meanings under Subdomain B Change of State in Domain 13 Be, Become, Exist, Happen. However, the focus seems to be primarily upon the changed state rather than upon the process of moving from one state to another. The fact that a change of state has taken place seems to be semantically incidental.
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κατεργάζομαι katergazomai 22x
to work out; to effect, produce, bring out as a result, Rom. 4:15; 5:3; 7:13; 2 Cor. 4:17; 7:10; Phil. 2:12; 1 Pet. 4:3; Jas. 1:3; to work, practice, realize in practice, Rom. 1:27; 2:9; to work or mould into fitness, 2 Cor. 5:5, despatch, Eph. 6:13
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κατ-εργάζομαι
(emphatic form of ἐργάζομαι), [in LXX for פּעל, etc. (9 exx., each for a different Heb. word);]
to effect by labour, achieve, work out, bring about: c. acc., Ro 4:15 5:3 7:8, 15, 17, 18, 20, II Co 7:10, Eph 6:13, Ja 1:3; pass., II Co 12:12; c. acc. rei et dat. pers., Ro 7:13, II Co 4:17 7:11 9:11; id. seq. διά, c. gen. pers., Ro 15:18; τ. σωτηρίαν, Phl 2:12; c. acc. pers. seq. εἰς, II Co 5:5 (RV, wrought); of evil deeds, Ro 1:27 2:9, I Co 5:3, I Pe 4:3.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κατεργάζομαι. This perfective compound, which lays stress on the result, as distinguished from the process, of the action (cf. 2 Cor 10 1.. Phil 212), is very common with reference to the ‘‘ cultivation” of allotments, e.g. P Tebt I. 107 (B.c. 119) ἐφ᾽ ὧι κατεργᾶται τοῖς ἰδίοις dvnAwpacw . . γῆς (ἀρούρας) δέκα, “on condition that he shall cultivate at his own expense 10 arourae of land,” PSI I. 3219 (A.p. 208) ἐπὶ τῷ σε τοῦτο κατεργάσασθαι] mac[y ἐργασΊ]ίᾳ καὶ ἐπιμελείᾳ : cf. also BGU IV. 112136 (B.c. 5) μὴ ἐξόντο[ς] αὐτοῖς διδόναι τοῖς κατεργαζομένοις τὴν μίσθωσιν ἐϊργάτ]αις [π]λεῖον τῶν [διδοἸμένων ἐν τῶι ΚΚόλπωι [κατ]έργων. In Sy// 342 (ς. B.C. 48) it is used with reference to public services—** τὰ βέλτισTa κατεργάζεται τῇ πατρίδι, 3: κινδύνους ἐπίιδ)]εχόμενος [ἀόκνως πρὸς τὸ πάντως τι κατεργάζεσίθαι τ]ῇ πατρίδι συμφέρον : in ἐό. 5045 (iii/A.D.) we find the soloecism πάντας
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κατεργάζομαι (katergazomai) — to workout/produce. κατεργ-άζομαι, future -άσομαι, later 3rd.pers. singular -ᾶται [Refs 2nd c.BC+]aorist κατειργασάμην, and (in passive sense) κατειργάσθην (see. below): perfect κατείργασμαι both in active and passive sense (see. below):— effect by labour, achieve, πρήγματα μεγάλα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἢν κατεργάσῃ if you do the job, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect κατείργασμαι, μέγιστα ἔργα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: in passive sense, to have been effected or achieved, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist -ειργάσθην [Refs 2nd c.AD+] __b earn, gain by labour, acquire, τὴν ἡγεμονίην [Refs 5th c.BC+] __c absolutely, achieve one's object, be successful, αὐτὸς ἑωυτῷ [Refs]; simply, work, ἐν τοῖς ἐργαστηρίοις [Refs]
2. with accusative person, make an end of, finish, kill, ἑωυτόν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. b overpower, subdue, conquer, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποσὶ καὶ στόματι κ. [τινά] attack him, of a horse, [Refs] in passive sense, of land, μακέλλῃ τῇ κατείργασται πέδον is subdued, brought under cultivation, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; later transitive, cultivate, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
2. c prevail upon, κατεργάσατο καὶ ἀνέπεισε Ξέρξην, ὥστε.. [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, οὐκ ἐδύνατο κατεργασθῆναι [ἡ γυνή] could not be prevailed upon, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. d with double accusative, do something to one, καλόν τι τὴν πόλιν [Refs 5th c.BC+] carry on business in the city, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
II. till, cultivate land, [Refs 3rd c.BC+], etc.; work up for use, frequently of food, by chewing or digestion, ὀδόντας ἔχει οἷς κ. τὴν τροφήν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸ -αζόμενον ἔχειν εὔρωστον a strong digestion, [Refs]; κ. τὰ ἐδέσματα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; by grinding (of corn), [Refs 1st c.BC+]; by ripening (of fruits), κατειργασμένα ἐπὶ τοῦ δένδρου [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; κ. μέλι make.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τὴν κόπρον prepare it, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; λίθους [Refs 1st c.BC+]
II.2. turn bullion into coin, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
III. work at, practise, ἄλλην μελέτην κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV. κ. ὄρη level them, [LXX+1st c.AD+]