Definition

to prepare thoroughly (properly, by external equipment; whereas G2090 (ἑτοιμάζω) refers rather to internal fitness); by implication, to construct, create

Etymology

from G2596 (κατά) and a derivative of G4632 (σκεῦος);

Where the KJV renders it

• build
• make
• ordain
• prepare

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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