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Strong's G2680 κατασκευάζω (kataskeuazo)

Kataskeuazo means “prepare” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2680 — chatsihammenachti (“half of the Manahethites”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2680
Language Greek
Linked Usages 37
Books 15

Strong's G2680 Quick Answer

Strong's G2680 κατασκευάζω (kataskeuazo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. kataskeuazo (kat-ask-yoo-ad'-zo) v. 1. to prepare thoroughly 2. (by implication) to construct, create It has 37 linked Bible usages across 15 books. Visible English usage signals include prepare. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
kataskeuazo (kat-ask-yoo-ad'-zo) v. 1. to prepare thoroughly 2. (by implication) to construct, create
Usage
37 linked usages
Books
15 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
prepare

Meaning and Definition

kataskeuazo (kat-ask-yoo-ad'-zo) v. 1. to prepare thoroughly 2. (by implication) to construct, create {(properly) by external equipment whereas G2090 refers rather to internal fitness} [from G2596 and a derivative of G4632] KJV: build, make, ordain, prepare Root(s): G2596, G4632 Compare: G2090

Original Word
κατασκευάζω
Transliteration
kataskeuazo
Derivation
Root: σκεῦος R1: 2596 R2: 4632
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2680. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to prepare

Usage: κατα-σκευάζω [in LXX: Isa.40:19, 28, (בָּרָא), etc. ;] to prepare, make ready: τ. ὁδόν, Mat.11:10, Mrk.1:2, Luk.7:27; οἶκον, Heb.3:3-4; σκηνήν, Heb.9:2, 6; κιβωτόν, Heb.11:7, 1Pe.3:20; pass. pf. ptcp., λαον κ., Luk.1:17.† (AS)

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How Strong's G2680 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render kataskeuazo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

prepare Matthew 11:10

How Strong's G2680 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, New Testament, and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha with 19 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2680 (κατασκευάζω) appears 28 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2680 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2680 in the New Testament

10 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 11:10 KJV

For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

Mark 1:2 KJV

As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

Luke 1:17 KJV

And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

Strong's G2680 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

8 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Numbers 21:27 Septuagint / Brenton

Therefore say they who deal in dark speeches, Come to Heshbon, That the city of Sihon may be built and prepared.

2 Chronicles 32:5 Septuagint / Brenton

And Hezekiah strengthened himself, and built all the wall that had been pulled down, and the towers, and another wall in front without, and fortified the strong place of the city of David, and prepared arms in abundance.

Proverbs 23:5 Septuagint / Brenton

If thou shouldest fix thine eye upon him, he will disappear; For wings like an eagle’s are prepared for him, And he returns to the house of his master.

Strong's G2680 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

19 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 9:42 Septuagint / Brenton

And Ezra the priest and reader of the law stood up upon a pulpit of wood which was made for that purpose.

1 Maccabees 3:29 Septuagint / Brenton

Nevertheless, when he saw that the money of his treasures failed, and that the tributes in the country were small, because of the dissension and plague, which he had brought upon the land in taking away the laws which had been of old time;

1 Maccabees 10:6 Septuagint / Brenton

Wherefore he gave him authority to gather together a host, and to provide weapons, that he might aid him in battle: he commanded also that the hostages that were in the tower should be delivered him.

Usage Excerpts

First 37 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2680.

Numbers 21:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore say they who deal in dark speeches, Come to Heshbon, That the city of Sihon may be built and prepared.
2 Chronicles 32:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Hezekiah strengthened himself, and built all the wall that had been pulled down, and the towers, and another wall in front without, and fortified the strong place of the city of David, and prepared arms in abundance.
Proverbs 23:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If thou shouldest fix thine eye upon him, he will disappear; For wings like an eagle’s are prepared for him, And he returns to the house of his master.
Isaiah 40:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Has not the artificer made an image, or the goldsmith having melted gold, gilded it over, and made it a similitude?
Isaiah 40:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now, hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? the eternal God, the God that formed the ends of the earth, shall not hunger, nor be weary, and there is no searching of his understanding.
Isaiah 43:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
even all who are called by my name: for I have prepared him for my glory, and I have formed him, and have made him:
Isaiah 45:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I am he that prepared light, and formed darkness; who make peace, and create evil; I am the Lord God, that does all these things.
Isaiah 45:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
What excellent thing have I prepared as clay of the potter? Will the plowman plow the earth all day? shall the clay say to the potter, What art thou doing that thou dost not work, nor hast hands? shall the thing formed answer him that formed it?
Matthew 11:10 New Testament, KJV
For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
Mark 1:2 New Testament, KJV
As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
Luke 1:17 New Testament, KJV
And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
Luke 7:27 New Testament, KJV
This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
Hebrews 3:3 New Testament, KJV
For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.
Hebrews 3:4 New Testament, KJV
For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.
Hebrews 9:2 New Testament, KJV
For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.
Hebrews 9:6 New Testament, KJV
Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.
Hebrews 11:7 New Testament, KJV
By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
1 Peter 3:20 New Testament, KJV
Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
1 Esdras 9:42 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And Ezra the priest and reader of the law stood up upon a pulpit of wood which was made for that purpose.
1 Maccabees 3:29 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Nevertheless, when he saw that the money of his treasures failed, and that the tributes in the country were small, because of the dissension and plague, which he had brought upon the land in taking away the laws which had been of old time;
1 Maccabees 10:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Wherefore he gave him authority to gather together a host, and to provide weapons, that he might aid him in battle: he commanded also that the hostages that were in the tower should be delivered him.
1 Maccabees 10:21 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So in the seventh month of the hundred and sixtieth year, at the feast of the tabernacles, Jonathan put on the holy robe, and gathered together forces, and provided much armor.
1 Maccabees 15:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Forasmuch as certain pestilent men have usurped the kingdom of our fathers, and my purpose is to challenge it again, that I may restore it to the old estate, and to that end have gathered a multitude of foreign soldiers together, and prepared ships of war;
1 Maccabees 15:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And as concerning Jerusalem and the sanctuary, let them be free; and all the armor that thou hast made, and fortresses that thou hast built, and keepest in thy hands, let them remain unto thee.
4 Maccabees 2:21 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For at the time when God created man, He implanted within him his passions and moral nature.
4 Maccabees 4:20 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So that he not only erected a gymnasium on the very citadel of our country, but neglected the guardianship of the temple.
4 Maccabees 13:26 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For it acting along with religion, made their brotherly feeling more desirable to them.
Wisdom of Solomon 7:27 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And being but one, she can do all things: And remaining in herself, she maketh all things new: And in all ages entering into holy souls, She maketh them friends of God, and prophets.
Wisdom of Solomon 9:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And ordained man through thy wisdom, That he should have dominion over the creatures which thou hast made,
Wisdom of Solomon 11:24 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For thou lovest all the things that are, And abhorrest nothing which thou hast made: For never wouldest thou have made anything, if thou hadst hated it.
Wisdom of Solomon 13:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But if they were astonished at their power and virtue, Let them understand by them, how much mightier he is that made them.
Wisdom of Solomon 13:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now a carpenter that felleth timber, after he hath sawn down a tree meet for the purpose, And taken off all the bark skillfully round about, And hath wrought it handsomely, And made a vessel thereof fit for the service of man’s life;
Wisdom of Solomon 14:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For verily desire of gain devised that, And the workman built it by his skill.
Baruch 3:32 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But he that knoweth all things knoweth her, and hath found her out with his understanding: he that prepared the earth for evermore hath filled it with four-footed beasts:
Letter of Jeremiah 1:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
As for their tongue, it is polished by the workman, and they themselves are gilded and laid over with gold; yet are they but false, and cannot speak.
Letter of Jeremiah 1:45 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
They are made of carpenters and goldsmiths: they can be nothing else than the workmen will have them to be.
Letter of Jeremiah 1:46 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And they themselves that made them can never continue long; how should then the things that are made of them be gods

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2680, grouped by book.

Numbers 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 2 usages, New Testament
Hebrews 5 usages, New Testament
1 Peter 1 usage, New Testament
1 Esdras 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 6 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Letter of Jeremiah 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G2680 FAQ

What does kataskeuazo (κατασκευάζω) mean?

Kataskeuazo (Strong's G2680) is a Greek word most simply glossed "prepare". kataskeuazo (kat-ask-yoo-ad'-zo) v. 1. to prepare thoroughly 2. (by implication) to construct, create

How many times is kataskeuazo (κατασκευάζω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 37 linked usages for Strong's G2680 across 15 books.

Where can I study kataskeuazo (κατασκευάζω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2680 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate kataskeuazo (κατασκευάζω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as prepare. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2680 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 8 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 19 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2680, with linked reader references where each row is available.