κατασκευάζω kataskeuázō

Meaning

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

In the King James Version: build, make, ordain, prepare

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

Where it is used

• Matthew 11:10 This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.’
• Mark 1:2 As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way.”
• Luke 1:17 And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
• Luke 7:27 This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.’
• Hebrews 3:3 For Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.
• Hebrews 3:4 And every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.
• Hebrews 9:2 A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place.
• Hebrews 9:6 When everything had been prepared in this way, the priests entered regularly into the first room to perform their sacred duties.
• Hebrews 11:7 By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
• 1 Peter 3:20 who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.