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κατεργάζομαι

katergázomai

G2716 verb

SILEX Entry

Definition

To bring about or accomplish something through concerted action, to achieve a result, to carry out or effectuate. The primary meaning is 'to accomplish' or 'to achieve,' often with the sense of effecting or producing a concrete outcome (such as a result, state, or condition) through effort or action. The verb frequently conveys the idea of working out, producing, or bringing something to completion, whether of tasks, results, or conditions.

Semantic Range

to accomplish, to effect, to bring about, to produce, to achieve, to carry out, to complete, to work a result, to make, to perform, to bring to a conclusion

Root / Etymology

The verb κατεργάζομαι is a compound of the preposition κατά ('down, against, according to, thoroughly') and ἐργάζομαι ('to work, labor, do'). The compound intensifies the basic sense of 'working' to 'working out,' 'achieving,' or 'accomplishing.'

Historical & Contextual Notes

In classical Greek, κατεργάζομαι was already used to denote effecting or accomplishing something, especially to bring something to an end or achieve a finished result. In the Septuagint, the verb is often used to translate Hebrew verbs meaning 'to do,' 'to accomplish,' or 'to act upon.' In New Testament usage, it generally appears in the middle voice, emphasizing the subject's involved agency in bringing about the result—whether producing virtue (Romans 5:3–4), accomplishing salvation (Philippians 2:12), or causing a particular outcome. English translation often renders this verb as 'accomplish,' 'achieve,' 'bring about,' or 'produce,' but 'work out' is also common. This phrase, particularly in Pauline literature (e.g., 'work out your salvation'), has sometimes accrued theological interpretations in later traditions that may go beyond the straightforward sense of accomplishing or effecting something. It should be distinguished from simple forms of 'to work' (ἐργάζομαι) or verbs meaning 'to do' (ποιέω), as κατεργάζομαι typically stresses bringing something through to completion or exerting effort to achieve a specific result.

Translation Consistency

primary "accomplish" 21 occurrences

Matches the SILEX primary sense of bringing about or achieving a result through action; is the most frequent and natural English rendering in the P2 data (e.g. accomplishing, accomplished) and covers the typical range (bring about, effect, complete) without sounding overly formal.

Alternatives (1 occurrence):
"committing" (1x)

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

from κατά and ἐργάζομαι; to work fully, i.e. accomplish; by implication, to finish, fashion:--cause, to (deed), perform, work (out).

Root Family

ἐργ- (ergátēs) — to work, to perform, to accomplish

Root ἐργ- to work, to achieve, to bring about, to accomplish
Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
G2040 ἐργάτης workers
G2041 ἔργον works
G4020 περιεργάζομαι those busying themselves about

Word Forms

13 distinct forms

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2 Occurrences
G2716-09 κατεργάζεται katergazetai V PRS MID IND 3P SG produces is accomplishing is accomplishing 6
G2716-01 κατειργάσατο kateirgasato V AOR MID IND 3P SG it-produced accomplished for himself accomplished 3
G2716-10 κατεργάζομαι katergazomai V PRS MID IND 1P SG doing I am accomplishing for myself I am accomplishing for myself 3
G2716-02 κατειργάσθαι kateirgasthai V PRF MID INF to have carried out to have accomplished to have accomplished 1
G2716-03 κατειργάσθη kateirgasthe V AOR PASS IND 3P SG were performed was accomplished was accomplished 1
G2716-04 κατεργασάμενοι katergasamenoi V AOR MID PTCP NOM M PL having done having accomplished for themselves having accomplished 1
G2716-05 κατεργασάμενον katergasamenon V AOR MID PTCP ACC M SG who did having accomplished for himself having accomplished for himself 1
G2716-06 κατεργασάμενος katergasamenos V AOR MID PTCP NOM M SG who prepared having accomplished for himself having accomplished for himself 1
G2716-07 κατεργάζεσθαι katergazesthai V PRS MID INF to perform to accomplish for oneself to accomplish 1
G2716-08 κατεργάζεσθε katergazesthe V PRS MID IMP 2P PL work out be accomplishing for yourselves be accomplishing for yourselves 1

Occurrences in Scripture

22 occurrences

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2
G2716-12 Romans 1:27 κατεργαζόμενοι katergazomenoi V PRS MID PTCP NOM M PL committing accomplishing for themselves committing
G2716-13 Romans 2:9 κατεργαζομένου katergazomenou V PRS MID PTCP GEN M SG who does of the one accomplishing for himself is accomplishing for himself
G2716-09 Romans 4:15 κατεργάζεται katergazetai V PRS MID IND 3P SG brings about is accomplishing is accomplishing
G2716-09 Romans 5:3 κατεργάζεται katergazetai V PRS MID IND 3P SG worketh is accomplishing is accomplishing
G2716-01 Romans 7:8 κατειργάσατο kateirgasato V AOR MID IND 3P SG produced accomplished for himself accomplished
G2716-11 Romans 7:13 κατεργαζομένη katergazomene V PRS MID PTCP NOM F SG working the one accomplishing for herself accomplishing
G2716-10 Romans 7:15 κατεργάζομαι katergazomai V PRS MID IND 1P SG I do I am accomplishing for myself I am accomplishing for myself
G2716-10 Romans 7:17 κατεργάζομαι katergazomai V PRS MID IND 1P SG doing I am accomplishing for myself I am accomplishing for myself
G2716-07 Romans 7:18 κατεργάζεσθαι katergazesthai V PRS MID INF to perform to accomplish for oneself to accomplish
G2716-10 Romans 7:20 κατεργάζομαι katergazomai V PRS MID IND 1P SG work I am accomplishing for myself I am accomplishing for myself
G2716-01 Romans 15:18 κατειργάσατο kateirgasato V AOR MID IND 3P SG has accomplished accomplished for himself has accomplished
G2716-05 1 Corinthians 5:3 κατεργασάμενον katergasamenon V AOR MID PTCP ACC M SG who did having accomplished for himself having accomplished for himself
G2716-09 2 Corinthians 4:17 κατεργάζεται katergazetai V PRS MID IND 3P SG is producing is accomplishing is accomplishing
G2716-06 2 Corinthians 5:5 κατεργασάμενος katergasamenos V AOR MID PTCP NOM M SG who prepared having accomplished for himself having accomplished for himself
G2716-09 2 Corinthians 7:10 κατεργάζεται katergazetai V PRS MID IND 3P SG produces is accomplishing is accomplishing
G2716-01 2 Corinthians 7:11 κατειργάσατο kateirgasato V AOR MID IND 3P SG it-produced accomplished for himself accomplished
G2716-09 2 Corinthians 9:11 κατεργάζεται katergazetai V PRS MID IND 3P SG produces is accomplishing is accomplishing
G2716-03 2 Corinthians 12:12 κατειργάσθη kateirgasthe V AOR PASS IND 3P SG were performed was accomplished was accomplished
G2716-04 Ephesians 6:13 κατεργασάμενοι katergasamenoi V AOR MID PTCP NOM M PL having done having accomplished for themselves having accomplished
G2716-08 Philippians 2:12 κατεργάζεσθε katergazesthe V PRS MID IMP 2P PL work out be accomplishing for yourselves be accomplishing for yourselves
G2716-09 James 1:3 κατεργάζεται katergazetai V PRS MID IND 3P SG produces is accomplishing is accomplishing
G2716-02 1 Peter 4:3 κατειργάσθαι kateirgasthai V PRF MID INF to have carried out to have accomplished to have accomplished
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