κατεργάζομαι

κατεργάζομαι — katergázomai

κατεργάζομαι; perfect infinitive κατειργάσθαι (1Pe 4:3 L T Tr WH); 1 aorist middle κατειργασαμην, and κατηργασαμην (Rom 7:8 T Tr.; (2Co 7:11 T)); 1 aorist passive κατειργασθην, and κατηργασθην (2Co 12:12 Tdf.); see ἐργάζομαι, at the beginning; a deponent middle verb; (according to Fritzsche, Romans, i., p. 107 the κατά is either intensive (Latinperficere) or descensive (Latinperpetrare));

a. to perform, accomplish, achieve (R. V. often work): Romans 7:15, 17f, 20; τί διά τίνος (the genitive of person), Rom 15:18; ἅπαντα κατεργασάμενοι having gone through every struggle of the fight, Eph 6:13 (cf. Meyer, in the place cited); σημεῖα, passive 2Co 12:12; of disgraceful actions, equivalent to to perpetrate, Rom 1:27; Rom 2:9; 1Co 5:3; 1Pe 4:3.

b. to work out (Latinefficere), i. e. to do that from which something results; of man: τήν σωτηραν, make every effort to obtain salvation, Php 2:12; of things: bring about, result in, Rom 4:15; Rom 5:3; Rom 7:8; 2Co 7:10 (where L T Tr WH ἐργάζομαι); Jas 1:3, and R G in 20; τί τίνι, Rom 7:13; 2Co 4:17; 2Co 7:11; 2Co 9:11.

c. κατεργάζεσθαι τινα εἰς τί, to fashion, i. e. render one fit for a thing: 2Co 5:5. (Often in Greek writings from Sophocles and Herodotus down; several times in the Sept..)