UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Constructions: καταργέω; αργέω; be idle; ἔργον

Sense 1: to cause to come to an end, to cause to become nothing, to put an end to

Semantic entry: 13.100

Semantic domains: Be, Become, Exist, Happen

Subdomains: Exist

Definition: to cause to cease to exist

CO1 2:6: RV CO1 2:6 · LV CO1 2:6 · Read together CO1 2:6

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OET-RV CO1 2:6

6 However, when we’re with mature believers, we speak wisdom—not the wisdom of this age, and not the wisdom of the rulers of this age who will come to nothing.

OET-LV CO1 2:6

6 And wisdom we _are _speaking among the mature, but wisdom, not of_ the _age this, nor of _the the_rulers of_ the _age this, the ones being _nullified,

CO1 6:13: RV CO1 6:13 · LV CO1 6:13 · Read together CO1 6:13

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OET-RV CO1 6:13

13 You might say, ‘Food is for the stomach, and the stomach for food,’ but God will eventually abolish them both. Also, the body is not meant to be used for sexual immorality, but rather, for the master, and the master for the body.

OET-LV CO1 6:13

13 The foods for _the belly, and the belly for _the foods, but the god both this and these will _be _nullifying.
And the body is not the for _sexual _immorality, but for _the master, and the master for _the body.

All 7 recorded passages for this sense

CO1: RV CO1 2:6 · RV CO1 6:13 · RV CO1 13:8 · LV CO1 2:6 · LV CO1 6:13 · LV CO1 13:8 · Read together CO1 2:6 · Read together CO1 6:13 · Read together CO1 13:8

CO2: RV CO2 3:11 · RV CO2 3:14 · LV CO2 3:11 · LV CO2 3:14 · Read together CO2 3:11 · Read together CO2 3:14

TH2: RV TH2 2:8 · LV TH2 2:8 · Read together TH2 2:8

HEB: RV HEB 2:14 · LV HEB 2:14 · Read together HEB 2:14

Sense 2: to put a stop to

Semantic entry: 13.163

Semantic domains: Be, Become, Exist, Happen

Subdomains: Happen

Definition: to cause to cease to happen

CO1 13:11: RV CO1 13:11 · LV CO1 13:11 · Read together CO1 13:11

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11 When I was a child, I spoke like a child, thought like a child, and reasoned like a child, but then when I became an adult, I set childish things aside.

OET-LV CO1 13:11

11 When I _was an_infant, I _was _speaking like an_infant, I _was _thinking like an_infant, I _was _counting like an_infant, when I _have _become a_man, I _have _nullified the things of _the infant.

CO1 15:26: RV CO1 15:26 · LV CO1 15:26 · Read together CO1 15:26

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OET-RV CO1 15:26

26 The final enemy to be abolished will be death itself

OET-LV CO1 15:26

26 The_last enemy is _being _nullified is the death.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

CO1: RV CO1 13:11 · RV CO1 15:26 · LV CO1 13:11 · LV CO1 15:26 · Read together CO1 13:11 · Read together CO1 15:26

TI2: RV TI2 1:10 · LV TI2 1:10 · Read together TI2 1:10

Sense 3: to invalidate, to abolish, to cause not to function

Semantic entry: 76.26

Semantic domains: Power, Force

Definition: to render ineffective the power or force of something

Notes: In rendering this expression in RV CO1 1:28 · LV CO1 1:28 · Read together CO1 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: RV LUK 13:7 · LV LUK 13:7 · Read together LUK 13:7

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OET-RV LUK 13:7

7 so he told his manager, ‘I’ve been coming and checking for fruit on this tree for three years, but there’s none. Chop it down because it’s not good use of the land.’

OET-LV LUK 13:7

7 And he _said to the Vinedresser, see three, years from that I _am _coming seeking fruit on the this fig _tree, and I _am_ not _finding any.
cut_ it _off, because/for_ why _reason it _is_ even _wasting the ground?

ROM 3:3: RV ROM 3:3 · LV ROM 3:3 · Read together ROM 3:3

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3 But what if some didn’t believe? Wouldn’t the unbelief of Yehudim make faith that comes from God worthless?

OET-LV ROM 3:3

3 For/Because what if disbelieved some?
Not the unbelief of _them, the faith of_ the _god will _be _nullifying?

All 9 recorded passages for this sense

LUK: RV LUK 13:7 · LV LUK 13:7 · Read together LUK 13:7

ROM: RV ROM 3:3 · RV ROM 3:31 · RV ROM 4:14 · LV ROM 3:3 · LV ROM 3:31 · LV ROM 4:14 · Read together ROM 3:3 · Read together ROM 3:31 · Read together ROM 4:14

CO1: RV CO1 1:28 · RV CO1 15:24 · LV CO1 1:28 · LV CO1 15:24 · Read together CO1 1:28 · Read together CO1 15:24

GAL: RV GAL 3:17 · RV GAL 5:11 · LV GAL 3:17 · LV GAL 5:11 · Read together GAL 3:17 · Read together GAL 5:11

EPH: RV EPH 2:15 · LV EPH 2:15 · Read together EPH 2:15

Sense 4: to be freed, to be released

Semantic entry: 37.136

Semantic domains: Control, Rule

Subdomains: Release, Set Free

Definition: 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

Notes: 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 RV ROM 7:2 · LV ROM 7:2 · Read together 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.’

Forms: καταργέομαι[a]

ROM 7:2: RV ROM 7:2 · LV ROM 7:2 · Read together ROM 7:2

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OET-RV ROM 7:2