to abate
katargeo denotes bringing something to an end, setting it aside, or rendering it ineffective in the situations described.
The occurrences most often describe the removal or ending of persons, powers, objects, or conditions; they also describe invalidating a claim or binding arrangement, and setting aside what is partial, fading, or superseded.
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Bring to an end or remove · dominant
The term marks the removal of hostile powers or conditions: in 1 Corinthians 15:24 the APB renders the clause "when he has abolished all rule and all authority and power," and in 1 Corinthians 15:26 it identifies death as "to be abolished." Other clauses apply it to rulers being "brought to nothing," food and the belly being done away with, and the one holding the power of death being abolished.
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Nullify or end a binding claim · common
In clauses about law, promise, faith, and obligation, the term concerns whether something remains effective or binding. In Romans 3:31 the present active form asks whether faith would "nullify the law," while Romans 4:14 says that a stated condition would make faith void and the promise "nullified"; Romans 7:2 describes release from the law connected with a husband.
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Set aside what is partial or fading · common
Future passive forms in 1 Corinthians 13:8 and 1 Corinthians 13:10 concern prophecies, knowledge, and what is partial being "set aside" when the perfect comes; the perfect active form in 1 Corinthians 13:11 concerns putting away childish things. Present passive participles in 2 Corinthians 3:7 and 2 Corinthians 3:11 describe a glory or ministry as "fading," while 2 Corinthians 3:14 says the veil remains because the old covenant is set aside in Christ.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB varies its presentation among "abolished," "set aside," "brought to nothing," "nullify," "released," and "fading." These renderings show the verse contexts rather than establishing separate English equivalents in every instance.