κατεργάζομαιkatergázomai
to work fully, i.e. accomplish; by implication, to finish, fashion
Greek (New Testament) · G2716
Meanings
to effect by labour, achieve, work out, bring about: with accusative, Romans 4:15, Romans 5:3, Romans 7:8, Romans 7:15, Romans 7:17, Romans 7:18, Romans 7:20, 2 Corinthians 7:10, Ephesians 6:13, James 1:3; passive, 2 Corinthians 12:12; with accusative of thing et dative of person, Romans 7:13, 2 Corinthians 4:17, 2 Corinthians 7:11, 2 Corinthians 9:11; id. followed by διά, with genitive of person, Romans 15:18; τ. σωτηρίαν, Philippians 2:12; with accusative of person followed by εἰς, 2 Corinthians 5:5 (RV, wrought); of evil deeds, Romans 1:27, Romans 2:9, 1 Corinthians 5:3, 1 Peter 4:3.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 22 times in the Bible.
- Romans 1:27 And the men, instead of having normal sexual relations with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men, and as a result of this sin, they suffered within themselves the penalty they deserved.
- Romans 2:9 There will be trouble and calamity for everyone who keeps on doing what is evil—for the Jew first and also for the Gentile.
- Romans 4:15 For the law always brings punishment on those who try to obey it. (The only way to avoid breaking the law is to have no law to break!)
- Romans 5:3 We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance.
- Romans 7:8 But sin used this command to arouse all kinds of covetous desires within me! If there were no law, sin would not have that power.
- Romans 7:13 But how can that be? Did the law, which is good, cause my death? Of course not! Sin used what was good to bring about my condemnation to death. So we can see how terrible sin really is. It uses God’s good commands for its own evil purposes.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.