TheWay Bible
Free on iPhoneStudy, memorize, journal, and pray.
Get the app

Home›Strong's concordance›G2673

καταργέω G2673

G2673 is the Greek word καταργέω, transliterated katargéō. The King James Version most often renders it done away.

Word: καταργέωTransliteration: katargéōLanguage: GreekIn the KJV: 25 verses

What it means

to be (render) entirely idle (useless), literally or figuratively.

Where it comes from

from G2596 (κατά) and G691 (ἀργέω).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 16 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

done away 3×destroy 2×abolished 2×cumbereth 1×shall 1×make 1×we 1×make void 1×might be destroyed 1×loosed 1×delivered 1×bring to nought 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: 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.

Verses using καταργέω

All 25 verses, quoted in full.

Luke 13:7 · KJV

Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?

Romans 3:3 · KJV

For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?

Romans 3:31 · KJV

Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.

Romans 6:6 · KJV

Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

Romans 7:2 · KJV

For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

Romans 7:6 · KJV

But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

1 Corinthians 1:28 · KJV

And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:

1 Corinthians 2:6 · KJV

Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:

1 Corinthians 6:13 · KJV

Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

1 Corinthians 13:8 · KJV

Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

1 Corinthians 13:10 · KJV

But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.

1 Corinthians 13:11 · KJV

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

1 Corinthians 15:24 · KJV

Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.

1 Corinthians 15:26 · KJV

The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

2 Corinthians 3:7 · KJV

But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:

2 Corinthians 3:11 · KJV

For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.

2 Corinthians 3:13 · KJV

And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:

2 Corinthians 3:14 · KJV

But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.

Galatians 3:17 · KJV

And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.

Galatians 5:4 · KJV

Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.

Galatians 5:11 · KJV

And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.

Ephesians 2:15 · KJV

Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;

2 Thessalonians 2:8 · KJV

And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

2 Timothy 1:10 · KJV

But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:

Hebrews 2:14 · KJV

Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

Common questions

What does Strong's G2673 mean?

G2673 is the Greek word καταργέω (katargéō), meaning to be (render) entirely idle (useless), literally or figuratively.

How is G2673 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it done away (3 times), destroy (2 times), abolished (2 times), cumbereth (1 time), shall (1 time), among others.

How many times does G2673 appear in the Bible?

καταργέω (katargéō) is tagged in 25 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does G2673 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from G2596 (κατά) and G691 (ἀργέω).

Nearby entries

Strong's concordance →

Keep reading in TheWay Bible App

Read, study, memorize, journal, and pray — tap any word for its Greek or Hebrew definition, save verses to memorize, and keep a journal. Free on the web and iOS.