Lexical Definition

‎κατασκευάζω‎ kataskeuázō (kat-ask-yoo-ad'-zo) to prepare ^G:V
from ‎κατά‎ and a derivative of ‎σκεῦος‎

build, make, ordain, prepare.

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

Abbott-Smith

κατα-σκευάζω, [in LXX: Is 40:19, 28, (בּרא), etc.;]
to prepare, make ready: τ. ὁδόν, Mt 11:10, Mk 1:2, Lk 7:27; οἶκον, He 3:3, 4; σκηνήν, He 9:2, 6; κιβωτόν, He 11:7, I Pe 3:20; pass. pf. ptcp., λαόν κ., Lk 1:17.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

κατασκευάζω-άζω,

future -σκευάσω, Attic dialect -σκευῶ [Refs] (Athens, [Refs 4th c.BC+] aorist -εσκεύαξα Ti. Locrian dialect94d, [Refs] aorist infinitive -σκευάττη [Refs] (Tanagra, 3rd c.BC): perfect -εσκεύᾰκα [Refs 4th c.BC+]: future middle 3rd.person etc for 1st.person, 2nd.person singular -ᾶται [Refs] (Halic.): Doric dialect aorist middle -εσκευαξάμην [Refs]:—equip, furnish fully with.. , [πᾶσι] κ. τὸ πλοῖον with all appliances, [Refs 4th c.BC+] —middle, τοὺς ἵππους Χαλκοῖς.. προβλήμασι κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] —frequently in passive, [κατασκευάζωὴ Χρυσῶ τε καὶ ἀργύρω κατεσκ. [prev\. author] 9.82; οἷς ἡ Χώρα κατεσκεύασται 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.91 ">Refs 5th c.BC+].

__2 without dative, furnish, equip fully, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; [ἐλέφαντας] [Refs] (Adule, 3rd c.BC):—middle, κ. τοὺς ὄνους having got his asses ready, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+] cultivated farms, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 4; of persons, to be under treatment, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__3 construct, build, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (passive); [Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἱερὰ θυσίας τε αὑτοῖς κ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]: generally, prepare, arrange, establish, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; κ. τινὰς μελέτῃ train them, [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; turn out, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —middle, κατασκευάζωάζεσθαι ναυμαχίαν prepare it, make ready for it, variant for{παρασκ-} in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; make for oneself, especially build a house and furnish it, opposed to [Refs]; unpack, opposed to ἀνασκ., [Refs 6th c.BC+], etc.; κ. τράπεζαν set up a bank, [κατασκευάζωάζομαι τέχνην μυρεψικήν">Refs 4th c.BC+] I am setting up as a perfumer, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [πρόσοδον] οὐ μικρὰν κατεσκευάσαντο made themselves a good [income], [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 of fraudulent transactions, fabricate, trump up, [κατασκευάζωάσαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.6; λιποταξίου γραφὴν κατεσκεύασεν [prev\. author] 21.103, compare92; Χρέα ψευδῆ [prev\. author] 42.30, compare 45.22 (\_passive\_)">Refs 6th c.BC+]; of persons, suborn, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; set up, [κατασκευάζωάζουσιν ἕτερον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1306a1 ">Refs 4th c.BC+]; οἱ κατεσκευασμένοι τῶν Θετταλῶν men prepared for the purpose, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: with infinitive, [Refs].
__5 with double accusative, make, render, [φρούρια] [Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἀριστερὰ δεξιῶν ἀσθενέστερα κ, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (also with adverb, πρὸς ἑαυτὸν κ. εὖ τὸν ἀκροατήν render the audience favourably disposed towards oneself, [Refs]
__6 represent as so and so, κ. τινὰς παροίνους, ὑβριστάς, ἀγνώμονας, [κατασκευάζωάζεις">Refs 4th c.BC+] unless you make out a Gorgias to be [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__7 in argument, maintain, prove, τῶν ἐν Εὐβοίᾳ πραγμάτων.. ὡς ἐγὼ αἴτιός εἰμι, κατεσκεύαζε tried to make out that.., [Refs 4th c.BC+] establish a proposition by reasoning, [Refs 1st c.BC+].
__8 in Logic, construct a positive argument, opposed to ἀναιρέω, ἀνασκευάζω (of negative arguments), [Refs 4th c.BC+] construct, postulate, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__9 Geometry texts, construct, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; solve by a construction, [Refs 3rd c.AD+].
__10 Rhet., frame, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; elaborate, [Refs 1st c.BC+].
__11 absolutely in middle, prepare oneself or make ready for doing, [Refs 6th c.BC+].
__12 passive, of disease, to become established, [Refs 2nd c.AD+].