kataskeuazo denotes making something ready or constructed, whether an ark, house, tent, road, or people.

The attested uses chiefly concern bringing concrete things into readiness or construction, including an ark, houses, and a tent; they also extend to making a road ready before someone and to a people made ready for the Lord.

1. Constructing or arranging tangible things · dominant

   In Hebrews 11:7, the aorist active form occurs with Noah's action regarding an ark; the APB renders the clause "prepared an ark." Hebrews 3:3 and Hebrews 3:4 place the term in statements about a builder and a house, while Hebrews 9:2 and Hebrews 9:6 describe a tent and its completed arrangements.

   Hebrews 11:7Hebrews 3:3Hebrews 3:4Hebrews 9:2Hebrews 9:61 Peter 3:20
2. Making a way ready beforehand · common

   The future active form is used in the repeated announcement that a messenger goes before someone to ready the way or road ahead. In Mark 1:2 the APB renders the clause "who will prepare your way," with parallel wording in Matthew 11:10 and Luke 7:27.

   Mark 1:2Matthew 11:10Luke 7:27
3. A people made ready · occasional

   In Luke 1:17, the perfect passive participle modifies "a people" in the purpose clause concerning the Lord. The APB renders the result as "a people prepared."

   Luke 1:17

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB uses "prepared," "built," and "completed" for clauses involving structures and arrangements, and "prepare" for a road or way. Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, those renderings show the clauses' presentation rather than fixed English equivalents.