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καταργ-έω

katargeo

leave unemployed

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What it meant

καταργ-έω · katarg-eō — LSJ

leave unemployed, idle, to have missed, make, useless, cumber

leave unemployed or idle, χέρα E. Ph. 753; κατηργηκέναι τοὺς καιρούς to have missed the opportunities, Plb. Fr. 176; κ. τὴν γῆν make the ground useless, cumber it, Ev.Luc. 13.7.

2 cause to be idle, hinder, to be rendered, lie idle

cause to be idle, hinder in oneʼs work, LXX 2 Es. 4.21, POxy. 38.17 (i A.D.):— Pass., LXX 2 Es. 6.8; to be rendered or lie idle, PFlor. 176.7 (iii A.D.), etc.

II make of no effect, to be abolished, cease, to be set free, to be parted

make of no effect, Ep.Rom. 3.3, 31, al.:—Pass., to be abolished, cease, ib. 6.6, 1 Ep.Cor. 2.6, etc.; κ. ἀπὸ τοῦ νόμου to be set free from . . , Ep.Rom. 7.2; to be parted, ἀπὸ Χριστοῦ Ep.Gal. 5.4.

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