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Strong's Greek: 2596. κατά (kata) -- according to, down, against, throughout, by

 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 2596. κατά (kata) -- according to, down, against, throughout, by</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/2596.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader.js'></script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/hebrews/7-24.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/2596.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 2596</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/2595.htm" title="2595">&#9668;</a> 2596. kata <a href="../greek/2597.htm" title="2597">&#9658;</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">kata: according to, down, against, throughout, by</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">κατά</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Preposition<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>kata<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>kä-tä'<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(kat-ah')<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>according to, down, against, throughout, by<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>A primary particle<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>The Hebrew preposition "כְּ" (ke) often serves a similar function to "κατά" in expressing comparison or conformity, though direct one-to-one correspondence is not always possible due to linguistic differences.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The Greek preposition "κατά" (kata) is versatile and can be translated in various ways depending on the context. It often denotes a sense of direction, distribution, or conformity. It can mean "according to" when indicating conformity or agreement with something, "down" when suggesting direction or movement, "against" when implying opposition, and "throughout" or "by" when used in distributive or locative senses.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Greek literature and the New Testament, "κατά" is frequently used to express relationships between concepts, actions, or entities. Its usage reflects the Greek language's ability to convey complex ideas through prepositions, which often carry nuanced meanings. Understanding "κατά" in its various contexts is crucial for interpreting Greek texts accurately, especially in theological discussions where precision is essential.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>2596</b> <i>katá</i> (a preposition, governing two grammatical cases) – properly, &quot;down from, i.e. from a higher to a lower plane, with special reference to the terminus (end-point)&quot; (J. Thayer).</p><p class="discovery">[<a href="/greek/2596.htm">2596</a> (<i>katá</i>) is written '<i>kat</i>' or '<i>kath</i>' before a vowel. So too, <i>kata</i> loses the final <i>a</i> before an initial diphthong (cf. BDF § 17; MH 61-62; R 206-208).</p><p class="discovery"><a href="/greek/2596.htm">2596</a> <i>/katá</i> (&quot;bring <i>down</i> exactly, complete&quot;) is &quot;<i>opposite</i>&quot; to <a href="/greek/303.htm">303</a> <i>/aná</i> (&quot;bring <i>up</i> to completion&quot;).]</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>preposition of uncertain origin<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>down, against, according to<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>about (5), accord (1), accordance (12), according (140), accordingly (1), after (8), after another (1), against (52), along (1), along the coast (2), among (3), another (2), around (1), basis (1), because (2), before (1), beyond* (1), case* (2), certain (1), circumstances* (2), conforming (1), contrary (1), daily* (10), down (4), each (2), effect (1), every (10), every* (1), exactly* (1), excessively* (1), godly* (1), how* (1), inasmuch* (2), individually* (1), just (2), like (4), more (1), motives (1), natural* (1), off (2), one* (2), outwardly* (1), over (3), private* (1), privately* (7), reference (1), rightly* (1), standpoint (2), terms (2), through (1), throughout (6), together* (1), various (4), way (4), within (2).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 2596: κατά</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">κατά</span></span> (on its neglect of elision before a vowel see Tdf, Proleg., p. 95; cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, § 5, 1 a.; a. 10; <span class="manuref">WH</span>'s Appendix, p. 146a), a preposition denoting motion or diffusion or direction from the higher to the lower; as in classical Greek, joined with the genitive and the accusative. <p><span class="lexheading">I.</span> With the genitive (<span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, § 47, k., p. 381 (357); (B, § 147, 20)); <p><span class="textheading">1.</span> properly, <p><span class="emphasized">a.</span> <span class="accented">down from, down</span>: <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">κρημνοῦ</span>, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/8-32.htm">Matthew 8:32</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/5-13.htm">Mark 5:13</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/8-33.htm">Luke 8:33</a>; <span class="greek2">κατεχην</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τῆς</span> <span class="greek2">κεφαλῆς</span> (so that it flowed down from his head (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, 381 (357) note); but it is more correct here to omit <span class="greek2">κατά</span> with <span class="manuref">L</span> <span class="manuref">T</span> <span class="manuref">Tr</span> <span class="manuref">WH</span>; see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">καταχέω</span></span>), <a href="/interlinear/mark/14-3.htm">Mark 14:3</a>; hence <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">κεφαλῆς</span> (a veil hanging down from his entry) <span class="greek2">ἔχων</span>, <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/11-4.htm">1 Corinthians 11:4</a> ((<span class="abbreviation">A. V.</span> <span class="accented">having his head covered</span>) cf. <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">καταπέτασμα</span></span> (or rather <span class="greek2">κάλυμμα</span> (which see), but see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">ἔχω</span></span>, I. 1 b.)). <p><span class="emphasized">b.</span> <span class="accented">down upon</span> (down into) anything: <a href="/interlinear/acts/27-14.htm">Acts 27:14</a> (<span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, 381 (357) note{1}; cf. <span class="abbreviation">B. D.</span> American edition, under the word <REFERENCE_WORK:Smith's Bible Dictionary><TOPIC:Crete>); tropically, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">βάθους</span> <span class="greek2">πτωχεία</span> reaching down into the depth, i. e. deep or extreme poverty, <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/8-2.htm">2 Corinthians 8:2</a> (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Strabo</span> 9, 5, p. 419 <span class="greek2">ἐστι</span> <span class="greek2">τό</span> <span class="greek2">μαντεῖον</span> <span class="greek2">ἄντρον</span> <span class="greek2">κοῖλον</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">βάθους</span>). <p><span class="emphasized">c.</span> used of motion or extension through a space from top to bottom; hence <span class="accented">through, throughout</span>: in the N. T. (and in Luke's writings; <span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span>, § 147, 20) everywhere with the adjective <span class="greek2">ὅλος</span>, as <span class="greek2">καθ'</span> <span class="greek2">ὅλης</span> <span class="greek2">τῆς</span> <span class="greek2">περιχώρου</span> <span class="greek2">τῆς</span> <span class="greek2">Ἰουδαίας</span>, <span class="greek2">τῆς</span> <span class="greek2">Ἰόππης</span>, <a href="/interlinear/luke/4-14.htm">Luke 4:14</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/23-5.htm">Luke 23:5</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/9-31.htm">Acts 9:31</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/10-37.htm">Acts 10:37</a> (<span class="greek2">διεσπάρησαν</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τῆς</span> <span class="greek2">νήσου</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Polybius</span> 3, 19, 7; <span class="greek2">ἐσκεδάσμενοι</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τῆς</span> <span class="greek2">χώρας</span>, 1, 17, 10; 3, 76, 10; <span class="greek2">μή</span> <span class="greek2">παραβαίνειν</span> <span class="greek2">τάς</span> <span class="greek2">ἁμαροτροχιας</span>, <span class="greek2">ἀλλά</span> <span class="greek2">κατ'</span> <span class="greek2">αὐτῶν</span> <span class="greek2">ἰέναι</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Aelian</span> v. h. 2, 27). <p><span class="textheading">2.</span> metaphorically, <p><span class="emphasized">a.</span> after verbs of swearing, adjuring (the hand being, as it were, placed down upon the thing sworn by (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Bernhardy</span> (1829), p. 238; Kühner, § 433 at the end)), <span class="accented">by</span>: <a href="/interlinear/matthew/26-63.htm">Matthew 26:63</a>; <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/6-13.htm">Hebrews 6:13, 16</a> (<a href="/interlinear/isaiah/45-23.htm">Isaiah 45:23</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_chronicles/36-13.htm">2 Chronicles 36:13</a>; Judith 1:12; <span class="abbreviation">Demosthenes</span> 553, 17; 554, 23). <p><span class="emphasized">b.</span> <span class="accented">against</span> (properly, <span class="accented">down upon</span> (<span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, 382 (358)); Hebrew <span class="hebrew">עַל</span>): opposed to <span class="greek2">ὑπέρ</span>, <a href="/interlinear/mark/9-40.htm">Mark 9:40</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/13-8.htm">2 Corinthians 13:8</a>; <a href="/interlinear/romans/8-31.htm">Romans 8:31</a>; opposed to <span class="greek2">μετά</span>, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/12-30.htm">Matthew 12:30</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/11-23.htm">Luke 11:23</a>; after <span class="greek2">ἐπιθυμεῖν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/galatians/5-17.htm">Galatians 5:17</a>; <span class="greek2">εἰπεῖν</span> <span class="greek2">πονηρόν</span> (<span class="greek2">ῤῆμα</span>), <a href="/interlinear/matthew/5-11.htm">Matthew 5:11</a>; <span class="greek2">λαλεῖν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/acts/6-13.htm">Acts 6:13</a>; <a href="/interlinear/jude/1-15.htm">Jude 1:15</a>; <span class="greek2">μαρτυρία</span>, <a href="/interlinear/mark/14-55.htm">Mark 14:55</a>; <a href="/interlinear/matthew/26-59.htm">Matthew 26:59</a>; <span class="greek2">μαρτυρεῖν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/15-15.htm">1 Corinthians 15:15</a> (here many take <span class="greek2">κατά</span> equivalent to <span class="accented">with regard to, of</span>; cf. DeWette at the passage; <span class="abbreviation">Lob. ad Phryn.</span>, p. 272); <span class="greek2">ψευδομαρτύρειν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/mark/14-56.htm">Mark 14:56</a>f; <span class="greek2">γογγύζειν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/20-11.htm">Matthew 20:11</a> (<a href="/interlinear/exodus/15-24.htm">Exodus 15:24</a> <span class="manuref">Alex.</span>); <span class="greek2">διδάσκειν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/acts/21-28.htm">Acts 21:28</a>; <span class="greek2">ψεύδεσθαι</span>, <a href="/interlinear/james/3-14.htm">James 3:14</a> (<span class="abbreviation">Xenophon</span>, Apology 13); <span class="greek2">συμβούλιον</span> <span class="greek2">λαβεῖν</span> or <span class="greek2">ποιεῖν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/27-1.htm">Matthew 27:1</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/3-6.htm">Mark 3:6</a>; <span class="greek2">αἰτεῖσθαι</span> <span class="greek2">τί</span>, <a href="/interlinear/acts/25-3.htm">Acts 25:3, 15</a>; after verbs of accusing, etc.: <span class="greek2">ἔχειν</span> <span class="greek2">τί</span>, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/5-23.htm">Matthew 5:23</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/11-25.htm">Mark 11:25</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/2-4.htm">Revelation 2:4, 14, 20</a>; <span class="greek2">κατηγορεῖν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/luke/23-14.htm">Luke 23:14</a>; <span class="greek2">κατηγορία</span>, <a href="/interlinear/john/18-29.htm">John 18:29</a> (<span class="manuref">Tdf.</span> omits <span class="greek2">κατά</span>); <span class="greek2">ἐγκάλειν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/romans/8-33.htm">Romans 8:33</a>; <span class="greek2">ἐντυγχάνειν</span> <span class="greek2">τίνι</span>, <a href="/interlinear/romans/11-2.htm">Romans 11:2</a>; add, <a href="/interlinear/acts/24-1.htm">Acts 24:1</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/25-2.htm">Acts 25:2</a>; <a href="/interlinear/james/5-9.htm">James 5:9</a>; <span class="greek2">τό</span> <span class="greek2">χειρόγραφον</span>, <a href="/interlinear/colossians/2-14.htm">Colossians 2:14</a>; <span class="greek2">κρίσιν</span> <span class="greek2">ποιεῖν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/jude/1-15.htm">Jude 1:15</a>; after verbs of rebelling, fighting, prevailing: <a href="/interlinear/matthew/10-35.htm">Matthew 10:35</a>; <a href="/interlinear/matthew/12-25.htm">Matthew 12:25</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/14-2.htm">Acts 14:2</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/4-6.htm">1 Corinthians 4:6</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/10-5.htm">2 Corinthians 10:5</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_peter/2-11.htm">1 Peter 2:11</a>; (<a href="/interlinear/revelation/12-7.htm">Revelation 12:7</a> <span class="manuref">Rec.</span>); <span class="greek2">ἰσχύειν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/acts/19-16.htm">Acts 19:16</a>; <span class="greek2">ἐξουσίαν</span> <span class="greek2">ἔχειν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/john/19-11.htm">John 19:11</a>. <p><span class="lexheading">II.</span> With the accusative; cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, § 49 d.; <span class="abbreviation">Bernhardy</span> (1829), p. 239ff <p><span class="textheading">1.</span> of place; <p><span class="emphasized">a.</span> of the place through which anything is done or is extended (properly, <span class="accented">down through</span>; opposed to <span class="greek2">ἀνά</span>, <span class="accented">up through</span>): <span class="greek2">καθ'</span> <span class="greek2">ὅλην</span> <span class="greek2">τήν</span> <span class="greek2">πόλιν</span> <span class="greek2">κηρύσσειν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/luke/8-39.htm">Luke 8:39</a>; <span class="greek2">ἐκφέρειν</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τάς</span> <span class="greek2">πλατείας</span>, <a href="/interlinear/acts/5-15.htm">Acts 5:15</a> (<span class="manuref">R</span> <span class="manuref">G</span>); add, <a href="/interlinear/luke/9-6.htm">Luke 9:6</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/13-22.htm">Luke 13:22</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/15-14.htm">Luke 15:14</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/8-1.htm">Acts 8:1</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/11-1.htm">Acts 11:1</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/15-23.htm">Acts 15:23</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/21-21.htm">Acts 21:21</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/24-5.htm">Acts 24:5, 12</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/27-2.htm">Acts 27:2</a>; <span class="greek2">τούς</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τά</span> <span class="greek2">ἔθνη</span> (throughout Gentile lands) <span class="greek2">πάντας</span> <span class="greek2">Ἰουδαίους</span>, <a href="/interlinear/acts/21-21.htm">Acts 21:21</a>, cf. Grimm on 2 Macc. 1:1; <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τήν</span> <span class="greek2">ὁδόν</span>, along the way i. e. on the journey (<span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, 400 (374) note{1}), <a href="/interlinear/luke/10-4.htm">Luke 10:4</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/8-36.htm">Acts 8:36</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/25-3.htm">Acts 25:3</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/26-13.htm">Acts 26:13</a>; <span class="accented">along</span> (Latin<span class="latin">secundum</span> or<span class="latin">praeter</span> (<span class="abbreviation">R. V.</span> <span class="accented">off</span>)), <span class="greek2">πέλαγος</span> <span class="greek2">τό</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τήν</span> <span class="greek2">Κιλικίαν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/acts/27-5.htm">Acts 27:5</a>. <p><span class="emphasized">b.</span> of the place <span class="accented">to</span> which one is brought (down): <span class="greek2">γενόμενος</span> (<span class="manuref">Tr</span> <span class="manuref">WH</span> omit <span class="greek2">γ</span>.) <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τόν</span> <span class="greek2">τόπον</span> (<span class="greek2">ἐλθών</span> etc.), <a href="/interlinear/luke/10-32.htm">Luke 10:32</a> (cf. Field, Otium Norv. Pars iii at the passage); <span class="greek2">ἐλθόντες</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τήν</span> <span class="greek2">Μυσίαν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/acts/16-7.htm">Acts 16:7</a>; <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τήν</span> <span class="greek2">Κνίδον</span>, <a href="/interlinear/acts/27-7.htm">Acts 27:7</a>; <span class="greek2">κατ'</span> <span class="greek2">αὐτόν</span> (came) to him, i. e. to the place where he was lying, <a href="/interlinear/luke/10-33.htm">Luke 10:33</a>. <p><span class="emphasized">c.</span> of direction; <span class="accented">toward</span>: <span class="greek2">Λιβύη</span> <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">Κυρήνην</span>, that Libya which lay toward Cyrene, i. e. Libya of Cyrene (i. e. the chief city of which was Cyrene), <a href="/interlinear/acts/2-10.htm">Acts 2:10</a>; <span class="greek2">βλέπειν</span>, to look, lie toward (see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">βλέπω</span></span>, 3), <a href="/interlinear/acts/27-12.htm">Acts 27:12</a>; <span class="greek2">πορεύεσθαι</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">μεσημβρίαν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/acts/8-26.htm">Acts 8:26</a>; <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">σκοπόν</span>, <span class="accented">toward the goal,</span> my eye on the goal, <a href="/interlinear/philippians/3-14.htm">Philippians 3:14</a>. <span class="accented">against</span> (Latin<span class="latin">adversus</span> with the accusative); <span class="accented">over against, opposite</span>: <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">πρόσωπον</span>, <span class="accented">to the face,</span> <a href="/interlinear/galatians/2-11.htm">Galatians 2:11</a> (see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">πρόσωπον</span></span>, 1 a.); equivalent to <span class="accented">present,</span> <a href="/interlinear/acts/25-16.htm">Acts 25:16</a> (<span class="abbreviation">A. V.</span> <span class="accented">face to face</span>); <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/10-1.htm">2 Corinthians 10:1</a>; with the genitive of person added, <span class="accented">before the face of, in the presence of, one</span>: <a href="/interlinear/luke/2-31.htm">Luke 2:31</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/3-13.htm">Acts 3:13</a>; <span class="greek2">τά</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">πρόσωπον</span>, the things that are open to view, known to all, <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/10-7.htm">2 Corinthians 10:7</a>; <span class="greek2">κατ'</span> <span class="greek2">ὀφθαλμούς</span>, before the eyes, <a href="/interlinear/galatians/3-1.htm">Galatians 3:1</a>; here, too, according to some (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, 400 (374) note{3}) belongs <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">Θεόν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/romans/8-27.htm">Romans 8:27</a>, but it is more correctly referred to 3 c. <span class="greek2">α</span>. below. <p><span class="emphasized">d.</span> of the place where: <span class="greek2">κατ'</span> <span class="greek2">οἶκον</span> (opposed to <span class="greek2">ἐν</span> <span class="greek2">τῷ</span> <span class="greek2">ἱερῷ</span>), <span class="accented">at home,</span> privately (<span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, 400 (374) note{1}), <a href="/interlinear/acts/2-46.htm">Acts 2:46</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/5-42.htm">Acts 5:42</a>. <p><span class="emphasized">e.</span> of that which so joins itself to one thing as to separate itself from another; our <span class="accented">for, by</span>: <span class="greek2">κατ'</span> <span class="greek2">ἰδίαν</span>, <span class="accented">apart,</span> see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">ἴδιος</span></span>, 2; <span class="greek2">καθ'</span> <span class="greek2">ἑαυτόν</span>, alone (<span class="accented">by himself</span>), <a href="/interlinear/acts/28-16.htm">Acts 28:16</a>; <a href="/interlinear/james/2-17.htm">James 2:17</a> (<span class="abbreviation">R. V.</span> <span class="accented">in itself</span>) (2 Macc. 13:13; <span class="greek2">οἱ</span> <span class="greek2">καθ'</span> <span class="greek2">αὑτούς</span> <span class="greek2">Ἕλληνες</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Thucydides</span> 1, 138; <span class="greek2">οἱ</span> <span class="greek2">Βοιωτοι</span> <span class="greek2">καθ'</span> <span class="greek2">αὑτούς</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Diodorus</span> 13, 72; other examples are given by <span class="abbreviation">Alberti</span>, Observations, etc., p. 293; <span class="abbreviation">Loesner</span>, Observations, e Philone, p. 460f); <span class="greek2">ἔχειν</span> <span class="greek2">τί</span> <span class="greek2">καθ'</span> <span class="greek2">ἑαυτόν</span>, to have a thing by and to oneself, i. e. to keep it hidden in one's mind, <a href="/interlinear/romans/14-22.htm">Romans 14:22</a> (<span class="abbreviation">Josephus</span>, Antiquities 2, 11, 1; <span class="abbreviation">Heliodorus</span> 7, 16; (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, 401 (375) note{1})); hence, of that which belongs to some person or thing: <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τήν</span> <span class="greek2">οὖσαν</span> <span class="greek2">ἐκκλησίαν</span>, belonging to (<span class="abbreviation">A. V.</span> <span class="accented">in</span>) the church that was there, <a href="/interlinear/acts/13-1.htm">Acts 13:1</a>; <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> <span class="greek2">ἐκκλησία</span> <span class="greek2">κατ'</span> <span class="greek2">οἶκον</span> <span class="greek2">τίνος</span>, belonging to one's household (see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">ἐκκλησία</span></span>, 4 b. aa.); hence it forms a periphrasis — now for the genitive, as <span class="greek2">τά</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">Ἰουδαίους</span> <span class="greek2">ἔθη</span> (equivalent to <span class="greek2">τῶν</span> <span class="greek2">Ἰουδαίων</span>), <a href="/interlinear/acts/26-3.htm">Acts 26:3</a>; now for the possessive pronoun, <span class="greek2">οἱ</span> <span class="greek2">καθ'</span> <span class="greek2">ὑμᾶς</span> <span class="greek2">ποιηταί</span>, your own poets, <a href="/interlinear/acts/17-28.htm">Acts 17:28</a> (here <span class="manuref">WH</span> marginal reading <span class="greek2">καθ'</span> <span class="greek2">ἡμᾶς</span>, see their Introductory § 404); <span class="greek2">νόμου</span> <span class="greek2">τοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">καθ'</span> <span class="greek2">ὑμᾶς</span> (a law of your own), <a href="/interlinear/acts/18-15.htm">Acts 18:15</a>; <span class="greek2">τό</span> <span class="greek2">κατ'</span> <span class="greek2">ἐμέ</span> <span class="greek2">πρόθυμον</span>, my inclination, <a href="/interlinear/romans/1-15.htm">Romans 1:15</a> (see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">πρόθυμος</span></span>); <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> <span class="greek2">καθ'</span> <span class="greek2">ὑμᾶς</span> <span class="greek2">πίστις</span>, <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/1-15.htm">Ephesians 1:15</a> (<span class="greek2">ἡ</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τόν</span> <span class="greek2">τύραννον</span> <span class="greek2">ὠματης</span> <span class="greek2">τέ</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">δύναμις</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Diodorus</span> 14, 12; <span class="greek2">μέχρι</span> <span class="greek2">τῶν</span> <span class="greek2">καθ'</span> <span class="greek2">ἡμᾶς</span> <span class="greek2">χρόνων</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Dionysius Halicarnassus</span>, Antiquities 2, 1; cf. Grimm on 2 Macc. 4:21, p. 88; a throng of examples from <span class="abbreviation">Polybius</span> may be seen in Schweighaeuser, Lex. <span class="abbreviation">Polybius</span>, p. 323f; (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, 154 (146); 400 (374) note{2}; especially <span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span>, § 132, 2)). <p><span class="textheading">2.</span> of Time (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, 401 (374)); <span class="accented">during, about</span>; Latin<span class="latin">tempore</span>: <span class="greek2">κατ'</span> <span class="greek2">ἐκεῖνον</span>, or <span class="greek2">τοῦτον</span> <span class="greek2">τόν</span> <span class="greek2">καιρόν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/acts/12-1.htm">Acts 12:1</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/19-23.htm">Acts 19:23</a>; <a href="/interlinear/romans/9-9.htm">Romans 9:9</a>; <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/9-9.htm">Hebrews 9:9</a> (<span class="manuref">R</span> <span class="manuref">G</span>); <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τό</span> <span class="greek2">αὐτό</span>, at the same time, together, <a href="/interlinear/acts/14-1.htm">Acts 14:1</a> (see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">αὐτός</span></span>, III. 1); <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τό</span> <span class="greek2">μεσονύκτιον</span>, <a href="/interlinear/acts/16-25.htm">Acts 16:25</a>; <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">μέσον</span> <span class="greek2">τῆς</span> <span class="greek2">νυκτός</span>, <a href="/interlinear/acts/27-27.htm">Acts 27:27</a>; (possibly also <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">μεσημβρίαν</span>, <span class="accented">at noon,</span> <a href="/interlinear/acts/8-26.htm">Acts 8:26</a> (see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">μεσημβρία</span></span>, b.)); <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">καιρόν</span>, see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">καιρός</span></span>, 2 a.; <span class="greek2">κατ'</span> <span class="greek2">ἀρχάς</span> (<span class="abbreviation">Herodotus</span> 3, 153), in the beginning (of things), <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/1-10.htm">Hebrews 1:10</a>; <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τήν</span> <span class="greek2">ἡμέραν</span> <span class="greek2">τοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">πειρασμοῦ</span>, <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/3-8.htm">Hebrews 3:8</a> (as the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> in this passage have rendered the preposition <span class="hebrew">כְּ</span> in the context by <span class="greek2">ὡς</span> (<span class="greek2">ἐν</span> <span class="greek2">τῷ</span> <span class="greek2">παραπικρασμῷ</span>, <a href="/interlinear/psalms/94-8.htm">Psalm 94:8</a><FOOTNOTE:10> (<BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Ps. 95:8>)), some would take it and <span class="greek2">κατά</span> here equivalent to <span class="accented">like as</span> in the day etc.; <span class="manuref">Vulg.</span><span class="latin">secundum</span>); <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">πᾶν</span> <span class="greek2">σάββατον</span>, <a href="/interlinear/acts/13-27.htm">Acts 13:27</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/15-21.htm">Acts 15:21</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/18-4.htm">Acts 18:4</a>; <span class="greek2">καθ'</span> <span class="greek2">ἑκάστην</span> <span class="greek2">ἡμέραν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/3-13.htm">Hebrews 3:13</a>; <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">μῆνα</span> (<span class="greek2">ἕνα</span>) <span class="greek2">ἕκαστον</span>, <a href="/interlinear/revelation/22-2.htm">Revelation 22:2</a>; <span class="greek2">κατ'</span> <span class="greek2">ὄναρ</span>, during a dream, see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">ὄναρ</span></span>. <p><span class="textheading">3.</span> it denotes reference, relation, proportion, of various sorts; <p><span class="emphasized">a.</span> distributively, indicating a succession of things following one another (<span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, 401 (374); <span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span>, § 147, 20); <span class="greek2">α</span>, in reference to place: <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">πόλιν</span>, in every city (<span class="accented">city by city, from city to city</span>), <a href="/interlinear/luke/8-1.htm">Luke 8:1, 4</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/15-21.htm">Acts 15:21</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/20-23.htm">Acts 20:23</a>; <a href="/interlinear/titus/1-5.htm">Titus 1:5</a> (<span class="abbreviation">Thucydides</span> 1, 122); <span class="greek2">κατ'</span> <span class="greek2">ἐκκλησίαν</span>, in every church, <a href="/interlinear/acts/14-23.htm">Acts 14:23</a>; with the plural, <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">πόλεις</span>, <a href="/interlinear/luke/13-22.htm">Luke 13:22</a>; <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τάς</span> <span class="greek2">κώμας</span>, <a href="/interlinear/luke/9-6.htm">Luke 9:6</a> (<span class="abbreviation">Herodotus</span> 1, 96); <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τόπους</span>, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/24-7.htm">Matthew 24:7</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/13-8.htm">Mark 13:8</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/21-11.htm">Luke 21:11</a>; <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τάς</span> <span class="greek2">συναγωγάς</span>, in every synagogue, <a href="/interlinear/acts/22-19.htm">Acts 22:19</a>; (cf. <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">κατά</span></span> <span class="greek2">τούς</span> <span class="greek2">οἴκους</span> <span class="greek2">εἰσπορευόμενος</span>, <a href="/interlinear/acts/8-3.htm">Acts 8:3</a>). <span class="greek2">β</span>. in reference to time: <span class="greek2">κατ'</span> <span class="greek2">ἔτος</span>, yearly, year by year, <a href="/interlinear/luke/2-41.htm">Luke 2:41</a>; also <span class="greek2">κατ'</span> <span class="greek2">ἐνιαυτόν</span> (see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">ἐνιαυτός</span></span>); <span class="greek2">καθ'</span> <span class="greek2">ἡμέραν</span> etc., see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">ἡμέρα</span></span>, 2, p. 278{a}; <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">μίαν</span> <span class="greek2">σαββάτου</span> (<span class="manuref">R</span> <span class="manuref">G</span> <span class="greek2">σαββάτων</span>), on the first day of every week, <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/16-2.htm">1 Corinthians 16:2</a>; <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">ἑορτήν</span>, at any and every feast, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/27-15.htm">Matthew 27:15</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/15-6.htm">Mark 15:6</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/23-17.htm">Luke 23:17</a> (<span class="manuref">Rec.</span>; cf. <span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span>, § 133, 26. Others understand the phrase in these passages (contextually) "at or during (see 2 above) the feast," viz. the Passover; cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, 401 (374)). <span class="greek2">γ</span>. universally: <span class="greek2">καθ'</span> <span class="greek2">ἕνα</span> <span class="greek2">πάντες</span>, all one by one, successively, <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/14-31.htm">1 Corinthians 14:31</a>, see more fully in <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">εἷς</span></span>, 4 c.; <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">δύο</span>, by two, <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/14-27.htm">1 Corinthians 14:27</a>; <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">ἑκατόν</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">πεντήκοντα</span>, by hundreds and by fifties, <a href="/interlinear/mark/6-40.htm">Mark 6:40</a> <span class="manuref">L</span> <span class="manuref">T</span> <span class="manuref">Tr</span> <span class="manuref">WH</span>; <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">μέρος</span>, <span class="accented">severally,</span> singly, part by part, <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/9-5.htm">Hebrews 9:5</a> (<span class="abbreviation">Herodotus</span> 9, 25; <span class="abbreviation">Xenophon</span>, anab. 3, 4, 22); <span class="greek2">κατ'</span> <span class="greek2">ὄνομα</span>, by name, i. e. each by its own name (<span class="manuref">Vulg.</span><span class="latin">nominatim</span> (or<span class="latin">per nomen</span>)): <a href="/interlinear/john/10-3.htm">John 10:3</a>; <a href="/interlinear/3_john/1-15.htm">3 John 1:15</a> (14); cf. <span class="abbreviation">Herm. ad Vig.</span>, p. 858f. <p><span class="emphasized">b.</span> equivalent to the Latin<span class="latin">ratione habita alicuius rei vel personae</span>; <span class="accented">as respects; with regard to; in reference to; so far as relates to; as concerning</span>; (<span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, 401 (375)): <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">σάρκα</span> or <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τήν</span> <span class="greek2">σάρκα</span>, as to the flesh (see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">σάρξ</span></span> (especially 2b.)), <a href="/interlinear/romans/1-3.htm">Romans 1:3</a>; <a href="/interlinear/romans/9-3.htm">Romans 9:3, 5</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/1-26.htm">1 Corinthians 1:26</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/10-18.htm">1 Corinthians 10:18</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/11-18.htm">2 Corinthians 11:18</a>; <span class="greek2">οἱ</span> <span class="greek2">κύριοι</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">σάρκα</span> (Luther well,<span class="latin">die leiblichen Herren</span>), in earthly relations, according to the arrangements of society, <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/6-5.htm">Ephesians 6:5</a>; <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τό</span> <span class="greek2">εὐαγγέλιον</span>, <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τήν</span> <span class="greek2">ἐκλογήν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/romans/11-28.htm">Romans 11:28</a>; add, <a href="/interlinear/romans/1-4.htm">Romans 1:4</a>; <a href="/interlinear/romans/7-22.htm">Romans 7:22</a>; <a href="/interlinear/philippians/3-5.htm">Philippians 3:5</a>; <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/9-9.htm">Hebrews 9:9</a>; <span class="greek2">τά</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τινα</span>, <span class="accented">one's affairs, one's case,</span> <a href="/interlinear/acts/24-22.htm">Acts 24:22</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/25-14.htm">Acts 25:14</a>; <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/6-21.htm">Ephesians 6:21</a>; <a href="/interlinear/philippians/1-12.htm">Philippians 1:12</a>; <a href="/interlinear/colossians/4-7.htm">Colossians 4:7</a> (and very often in classical Greek); <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">πάντα</span> <span class="greek2">τρόπον</span>, in every way, in every respect, <a href="/interlinear/romans/3-2.htm">Romans 3:2</a>; the opposite <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">μηδένα</span> <span class="greek2">τρόπον</span>, <span class="accented">in no wise,</span> <a href="/interlinear/2_thessalonians/2-3.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:3</a>; <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">πάντα</span>, in all respects, in all things, <a href="/interlinear/acts/17-22.htm">Acts 17:22</a>; <a href="/interlinear/colossians/3-20.htm">Colossians 3:20, 22</a>; <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/2-17.htm">Hebrews 2:17</a>; <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/4-15.htm">Hebrews 4:15</a> (<span class="abbreviation">Thucydides</span> 4, 81). <p><span class="emphasized">c.</span> <span class="accented">according to, agreeably to</span>; in reference to agreement or conformity to a standard, in various ways (<span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, 401 (375)); <span class="greek2">α</span>. <span class="accented">according to anything as a standard, agreeably to</span>: <span class="greek2">περιπατεῖν</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τί</span>, <a href="/interlinear/mark/7-5.htm">Mark 7:5</a>; <a href="/interlinear/romans/8-1.htm">Romans 8:1</a> (<span class="manuref">Rec.</span>), <BIBLE/VERSE_ONLY:Rom 8:4>; <BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Romans 14:15>; <a href="/interlinear/2_thessalonians/3-6.htm">2 Thessalonians 3:6</a>; <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/2-2.htm">Ephesians 2:2</a>; <span class="greek2">ζῆν</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span>, <a href="/interlinear/acts/26-5.htm">Acts 26:5</a>; <a href="/interlinear/romans/8-12.htm">Romans 8:12</a>f; <span class="greek2">πορεύεσθαι</span>, <a href="/interlinear/2_peter/3-3.htm">2 Peter 3:3</a>; <span class="greek2">ἀποδιδόναι</span> <span class="greek2">τίνι</span>, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/16-27.htm">Matthew 16:27</a>, etc. (see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">ἀποδίδωμι</span></span>, (especially 4)); <span class="greek2">λαμβάνειν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/3-8.htm">1 Corinthians 3:8</a>; so with many other verbs a thing is said <span class="accented">to be done or to occur</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span>, as in <a href="/interlinear/luke/2-27.htm">Luke 2:27, 29</a>; <a href="/interlinear/john/7-24.htm">John 7:24</a>; <a href="/interlinear/colossians/2-8.htm">Colossians 2:8</a>; <a href="/interlinear/colossians/3-10.htm">Colossians 3:10</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_timothy/1-18.htm">1 Timothy 1:18</a>; <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/7-15.htm">Hebrews 7:15</a>; <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/8-5.htm">Hebrews 8:5, 9</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_john/5-14.htm">1 John 5:14</a>, etc.; (on the phrase <span class="greek2">κατ'</span> <span class="greek2">ἄνθρωπον</span>, see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">ἄνθρωπος</span></span>, especially 1 c.; (cf. <span class="greek2">ἐ</span>. below; <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, 402 (376))); <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τήν</span> <span class="greek2">γραφήν</span>, <span class="greek2">τάς</span> <span class="greek2">γραφάς</span>, <a href="/interlinear/james/2-8.htm">James 2:8</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/15-3.htm">1 Corinthians 15:3</a>f.; <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τό</span> <span class="greek2">γεγραμμένον</span>, <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/4-13.htm">2 Corinthians 4:13</a>; <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τό</span> <span class="greek2">εἰρημένον</span>, <a href="/interlinear/romans/4-18.htm">Romans 4:18</a>; <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τόν</span> <span class="greek2">νόμον</span>, <a href="/interlinear/luke/2-39.htm">Luke 2:39</a>; <a href="/interlinear/john/18-31.htm">John 18:31</a>; <a href="/interlinear/john/19-7.htm">John 19:7</a>; <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/9-22.htm">Hebrews 9:22</a>; <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τό</span> <span class="greek2">εὐαγγέλιον</span> <span class="greek2">μου</span>, <a href="/interlinear/romans/2-16.htm">Romans 2:16</a>; <a href="/interlinear/romans/16-25.htm">Romans 16:25</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_timothy/2-8.htm">2 Timothy 2:8</a>, cf. <a href="/interlinear/1_timothy/1-11.htm">1 Timothy 1:11</a>; <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τό</span> <span class="greek2">ὡρισμένον</span>, <a href="/interlinear/luke/22-22.htm">Luke 22:22</a>; <span class="greek2">καθ'</span> <span class="greek2">ὁμοίωσιν</span> <span class="greek2">Θεοῦ</span>, <a href="/interlinear/james/3-9.htm">James 3:9</a>; <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">λόγον</span> rightly, justly (<span class="abbreviation">A. V.</span> <span class="accented">reason would</span> etc.), <a href="/interlinear/acts/18-14.htm">Acts 18:14</a>; <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τινα</span>, agreeably to the will of anyone, as pleases him (<span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, 401f (375)): so <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">Θεόν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/romans/8-27.htm">Romans 8:27</a> (cf. 1 c. above); <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/7-9.htm">2 Corinthians 7:9, 11</a>; <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">Χρσιτον</span> <span class="greek2">Ἰησοῦν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/romans/15-5.htm">Romans 15:5</a>; <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">κύριον</span>, <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/11-17.htm">2 Corinthians 11:17</a>; <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τόν</span> <span class="greek2">καθαρισμόν</span>, after the manner of purifying, as the rite of purification prescribed, <a href="/interlinear/john/2-6.htm">John 2:6</a>; <span class="greek2">οἱ</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">σάρκα</span> <span class="greek2">ὄντες</span>, who bear, reflect, the nature of the flesh, equivalent to <span class="greek2">οἱ</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκικοί</span>, and <span class="greek2">οἱ</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">πνεῦμα</span> <span class="greek2">ὄντες</span> equivalent to <span class="greek2">οἱ</span> <span class="greek2">πνευματικοί</span>, <a href="/interlinear/romans/8-5.htm">Romans 8:5</a>; <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τί</span> <span class="greek2">γνώσομαι</span>; in accordance with what criterion i. e. by what sign shall I know? <a href="/interlinear/luke/1-18.htm">Luke 1:18</a>. Here belongs the use of the preposition in the titles of the records of the life of Christ: <span class="greek2">εὐαγγέλιον</span> (which word the Sinaiticus and Vaticanus manuscripts omit) <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">Ματθαῖον</span>, <span class="greek2">Μᾶρκον</span>, etc., <span class="accented">as Matthew etc. composed or wrote</span> (it). This use of the preposition was not primarily a mere periphrasis for the genitive (<span class="greek2">Ματθαιου</span>, etc., see II. 1 e. above), but indicated that the same subject had been otherwise handled by others, cf. <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> <span class="greek2">παλαιά</span> <span class="greek2">διαθήκη</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τούς</span> <span class="greek2">ἑβδομήκοντα</span> (in tacit contrast not only to the Hebrew text, but also to the Greek translations made by others); <span class="greek2">οἱ</span> <span class="greek2">ὑπομνηματισμοι</span> <span class="greek2">οἱ</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">Νημιαν</span>, 2 Macc. 2:13 (see Grimm at the passage). Subsequently <span class="greek2">κατά</span> with an accusative of the writer came to take the place of the genitive, as <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">Μωϋσέα</span> <span class="greek2">πεντάτευχος</span> in <span class="abbreviation">Epiphanius</span> (haer. 8, 4. Cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, 402 (375); <span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span>, 3; 157 (137); and see, further, <span class="abbreviation">Sophocles</span>' Lexicon, under the word <span class="greek2">εὐαγγέλιον</span>, James Morison, Commentary on Matthew, Introductory § 4). <span class="greek2">β</span>. <span class="accented">in proportion to, according to the measure of</span>: <span class="greek2">χαρίσματα</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τήν</span> <span class="greek2">χάριν</span> <span class="greek2">τήν</span> <span class="greek2">δοθεῖσαν</span> <span class="greek2">ἡμῖν</span> <span class="greek2">διάφορα</span>, <a href="/interlinear/romans/12-6.htm">Romans 12:6</a>; <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τό</span> <span class="greek2">μέτρον</span>, <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/10-13.htm">2 Corinthians 10:13</a>; <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/4-7.htm">Ephesians 4:7</a>; <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τήν</span> <span class="greek2">σκληρότητά</span> <span class="greek2">σου</span>, <a href="/interlinear/romans/2-5.htm">Romans 2:5</a>; <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τόν</span> <span class="greek2">χρόνον</span>, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/2-16.htm">Matthew 2:16</a>; <span class="greek2">ἑκάστῳ</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τήν</span> <span class="greek2">ἰδίαν</span> <span class="greek2">δύναμιν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/25-15.htm">Matthew 25:15</a>; without the article <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">δύναμιν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/8-3.htm">2 Corinthians 8:3</a> (opposed to <span class="greek2">ὑπέρ</span> <span class="greek2">δύναμιν</span>, as <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span>, Iliad 3, 59 <span class="greek2">κατ'</span> <span class="greek2">Αισαν</span>, <span class="greek2">ὀυδ'</span> <span class="greek2">ὑπέρ</span> <span class="greek2">Αισαν</span>); <span class="greek2">καθ'</span> <span class="greek2">ὅσον</span>, by so much as, inasmuch as, <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/3-3.htm">Hebrews 3:3</a>; <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/7-20.htm">Hebrews 7:20</a>; <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/9-27.htm">Hebrews 9:27</a>; <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τοσοῦτο</span>, by so much, <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/7-22.htm">Hebrews 7:22</a>. <span class="greek2">γ</span>. used of the cause; <span class="accented">through, on account of, from, owing to</span> (in accordance with i. e. <span class="accented">in consequence of, by virtue of</span>) (<span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, 402 (376)): <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">πᾶσαν</span> <span class="greek2">αἰτίαν</span>, (<span class="accented">for</span> every cause), <a href="/interlinear/matthew/19-3.htm">Matthew 19:3</a>; <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τήν</span> <span class="greek2">χάριν</span> <span class="greek2">τοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">Θεοῦ</span>, <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/3-10.htm">1 Corinthians 3:10</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_thessalonians/1-12.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:12</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_timothy/1-9.htm">2 Timothy 1:9</a> (<span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τήν</span> <span class="greek2">τοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">Θεοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">πρόνοιαν</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Josephus</span>, Antiquities 20, 8, 6); <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">χάριν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/romans/4-16.htm">Romans 4:16</a>; also opposed to <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">ὀφείλημα</span> (<span class="abbreviation">R. V.</span> <span class="accented">as of ... as of</span>), <a href="/interlinear/romans/4-4.htm">Romans 4:4</a>; <span class="greek2">οἱ</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">φύσιν</span> <span class="greek2">κλάδοι</span>, the natural branches, <a href="/interlinear/romans/11-21.htm">Romans 11:21</a> (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span>, 162 (141)); <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">φύσιν</span> <span class="greek2">ἀγριλαιος</span>, the natural wild olive tree, <a href="/interlinear/romans/11-24.htm">Romans 11:24</a>; <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">πίστιν</span> <span class="greek2">δικαιοσύνη</span>, righteousness proceeding from faith, <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/11-7.htm">Hebrews 11:7</a>; add, <a href="/interlinear/romans/8-28.htm">Romans 8:28</a>; <a href="/interlinear/romans/9-11.htm">Romans 9:11</a>; <a href="/interlinear/romans/11-5.htm">Romans 11:5</a>; <a href="/interlinear/romans/16-25.htm">Romans 16:25</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/12-8.htm">1 Corinthians 12:8</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/13-10.htm">2 Corinthians 13:10</a>; <a href="/interlinear/galatians/2-2.htm">Galatians 2:2</a>; <a href="/interlinear/galatians/3-29.htm">Galatians 3:29</a>; <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/1-5.htm">Ephesians 1:5, 7, 9, 11, 19</a>; <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/3-7.htm">Ephesians 3:7, 11, 16, 20</a>; <a href="/interlinear/colossians/1-11.htm">Colossians 1:11, 29</a>; <a href="/interlinear/philippians/1-20.htm">Philippians 1:20</a>; <a href="/interlinear/philippians/3-21.htm">Philippians 3:21</a>; <a href="/interlinear/philippians/4-11.htm">Philippians 4:11, 19</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_thessalonians/1-12.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:12</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_thessalonians/2-9.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:9</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_timothy/1-8.htm">2 Timothy 1:8</a>; <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/2-4.htm">Hebrews 2:4</a>; <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/7-16.htm">Hebrews 7:16</a>; <a href="/interlinear/titus/1-3.htm">Titus 1:3</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_peter/1-3.htm">1 Peter 1:3</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_peter/3-15.htm">2 Peter 3:15</a>. adverbial phrases (<span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, § 51, 2 g.): <span class="greek2">κατ'</span> <span class="greek2">ἐξουσίαν</span> (with authority), <a href="/interlinear/mark/1-27.htm">Mark 1:27</a>; <span class="greek2">κατ'</span> <span class="greek2">ἀνάγκην</span>, <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">ἑκούσιον</span> (q. v) (of necessity, of free will), <a href="/interlinear/philemon/1-14.htm">Philemon 1:14</a>; <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">γνῶσιν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/1_peter/3-7.htm">1 Peter 3:7</a>; <span class="greek2">κατ'</span> <span class="greek2">ἐπίγνωσιν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/romans/10-2.htm">Romans 10:2</a> (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, 403 (376)); <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">ἄγνοιαν</span> (in ignorance), <a href="/interlinear/acts/3-17.htm">Acts 3:17</a>. <span class="greek2">δ</span>. of likeness; <span class="accented">as, like as</span>: <span class="greek2">συντελέσω</span> ... <span class="greek2">διαθήκην</span> <span class="greek2">καινήν</span>, <span class="greek2">οὐ</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τήν</span> <span class="greek2">διαθήκην</span> <span class="greek2">κτλ</span>., <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/8-8.htm">Hebrews 8:8</a>f (<a href="/interlinear/1_kings/11-10.htm">1 Kings 11:10</a>); so with the accusative of a person (cf. under <span class="greek2">α</span>. above), <a href="/interlinear/galatians/4-28.htm">Galatians 4:28</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_peter/1-15.htm">1 Peter 1:15</a>; <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">Θεόν</span>, after the image of God, <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/4-24.htm">Ephesians 4:24</a>; <span class="greek2">κρίνεσθαι</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">ἀνθρώπους</span>, <span class="greek2">ζῆν</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">Θεόν</span>, to be judged as it is fit men should be judged, to live as God lives, <a href="/interlinear/1_peter/4-6.htm">1 Peter 4:6</a>. Hence, it is used <span class="greek2">ε</span>. of the mode in which a thing is done; of the quality: <span class="greek2">ἄνδρες</span> <span class="greek2">οἱ</span> <span class="greek2">κατ'</span> <span class="greek2">ἐξοχήν</span> <span class="greek2">τῆς</span> <span class="greek2">πόλεως</span>, the principal men of the city, <a href="/interlinear/acts/25-23.htm">Acts 25:23</a>; <span class="greek2">καθ'</span> <span class="greek2">ὑπομένην</span> <span class="greek2">ἔργου</span> <span class="greek2">ἀγαθοῦ</span>, equivalent to <span class="greek2">ὑπομένοντες</span> <span class="greek2">ἐν</span> <span class="greek2">ἔργῳ</span> <span class="greek2">ἀγαθῷ</span> (by constancy in well-doing), <a href="/interlinear/romans/2-7.htm">Romans 2:7</a>; especially in adverbial phrases: <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">ταῦτα</span> <span class="accented">in (or after) the same (or this) manner,</span> <a href="/interlinear/luke/6-23.htm">Luke 6:23</a> (<span class="manuref">L</span> text <span class="manuref">T</span> <span class="manuref">Tr</span> <span class="manuref">WH</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τά</span> <span class="greek2">αὐτά</span>, <span class="manuref">L</span> marginal reading <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">ταῦτα</span>) (26 (editions as before)); <a href="/interlinear/luke/17-30.htm">Luke 17:30</a> (<span class="manuref">T</span> <span class="manuref">Tr</span> <span class="manuref">WH</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">τά</span> <span class="greek2">αὐτά</span>, <span class="manuref">G</span> <span class="manuref">L</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">ταῦτα</span>); <span class="greek2">καθ'</span> <span class="greek2">ὑπερβολήν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/romans/7-13.htm">Romans 7:13</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/12-31.htm">1 Corinthians 12:31</a>, etc. (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, 466 (434); <span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span>, 96 (84)); <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">πίστιν</span> equivalent to <span class="greek2">πιστεύοντες</span> (<span class="abbreviation">A. V.</span> <span class="accented">in faith</span>; cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, 403 (376)), <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/11-13.htm">Hebrews 11:13</a>; <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">συγγνώμην</span>, <span class="greek2">οὐ</span> <span class="greek2">κτἀ</span> <span class="greek2">ἐπιταγήν</span>, by way of concession, not by way of commandment, <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/7-6.htm">1 Corinthians 7:6</a>, cf. <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/8-8.htm">2 Corinthians 8:8</a>; <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">κράτος</span>, <a href="/interlinear/acts/19-20.htm">Acts 19:20</a>; <span class="greek2">καθ'</span> <span class="greek2">ὁμοιότητα</span>, <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/4-15.htm">Hebrews 4:15</a>; on the phrase <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">ἄνθρωπον</span> see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">ἄνθρωπος</span></span>, 1 c. (cf. <span class="greek2">α</span>. above). <p><span class="emphasized">d.</span> of the end aimed at; the goal to which anything tends; (Latin<span class="latin">ad</span> (<span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, 402f (376))): <span class="greek2">κατ'</span> <span class="greek2">ἐπαγγελίαν</span> <span class="greek2">ζωῆς</span>, to proclaim life, <a href="/interlinear/2_timothy/1-1.htm">2 Timothy 1:1</a> (but see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">ἐπαγγελία</span></span>, 1); <span class="greek2">κατ'</span> <span class="greek2">εὐσέβειαν</span>, tending to godliness (<a href="/interlinear/1_timothy/6-3.htm">1 Timothy 6:3</a>; <a href="/interlinear/titus/1-1.htm">Titus 1:1</a>) (see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">εὐσέβεια</span></span>; (yet others refer these examples and that which follows, to the use set forth above, in c.)); <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">πίστιν</span>, to awaken, produce faith, <a href="/interlinear/titus/1-1.htm">Titus 1:1</a> (examples of this use of <span class="greek2">κατά</span> from <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Herodotus</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Thucydides</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Xenophon</span>, may be seen in <span class="abbreviation">Passow</span>, under the word II. 3, p. 1598{b}; (Liddell and Scott, under the word B. III. 1); cf. <span class="abbreviation">Herm. ad Vig.</span>, p. 632; Kühner, ii., p. 412); many refer to this head also <span class="greek2">κατ'</span> <span class="greek2">ἀτιμίαν</span> (to my dishonor (<span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, 402f (376))) <span class="greek2">λέγω</span>, <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/11-21.htm">2 Corinthians 11:21</a> (<span class="greek2">κατ'</span> <span class="greek2">τήν</span> <span class="greek2">τιμήν</span> <span class="greek2">τοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">Θεοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">τοῦτο</span> <span class="greek2">ποιῶν</span>, to the honor of God, <span class="abbreviation">Josephus</span>, Antiquities 3, 11, 4); but see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">ἀτιμία</span></span>. <p><span class="lexheading">III.</span> In Composition <span class="greek2">κατά</span> denotes, <p><span class="textheading">1.</span> <span class="accented">from, down from, from a higher to a lower place</span>: with special reference to the terminus from which, as <span class="greek2">καταβαίνω</span>, <span class="greek2">καταβιβάζω</span>, etc. (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, 431 (401f)); with more prominent reference to the lower terminus (down), as <span class="greek2">καταβάλλω</span>, <span class="greek2">καταπατέω</span>, etc. (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, as above); also of the situation or local position, as <span class="greek2">κατάκειμαι</span>, <span class="greek2">καθεύδω</span>, <span class="greek2">κατατίθημι</span>, <span class="greek2">καθίζω</span>, etc. <span class="accented">from top to bottom,</span> metaphorically, of things done with care, <span class="accented">thoroughly,</span> as <span class="greek2">καταμανθάνω</span>, <span class="greek2">καθοράω</span>, etc. <p><span class="textheading">2.</span> <span class="accented">in succession, in course</span>: <span class="greek2">καθξης</span>; one part after another, <span class="greek2">καταρτίζω</span>, <span class="greek2">κατευθύνω</span>, etc. <p><span class="textheading">3.</span> <span class="accented">under, underneath</span>: <span class="greek2">καταχθόνιος</span>; the idea of <span class="accented">putting under</span> resides in verbs denoting victory, rule, etc., over others, as katadunasteuoo], <span class="greek2">κατακυριεύω</span>, <span class="greek2">κατεξουσιάζω</span>, <span class="greek2">καταδουλόω</span>; likewise in verbs naming that with which anything is covered, concealed, overwhelmed etc., as <span class="greek2">κατακαλύπτω</span>, <span class="greek2">καταλιθάζω</span>, <span class="greek2">κατασφραγίζω</span>, <span class="greek2">κατασκιάζω</span>, <span class="greek2">καταισχύνω</span> (where the German uses the prefix<span class="latin">über</span> (English <span class="accented">over</span>), as<span class="latin">überschatten, überdecken</span>, or the syllable<span class="latin">be</span>, as<span class="latin">beschatten, besiegeln</span>); also in adjj. denoting an abundance of that with which a thing is filled up or as it were covered up; see below in <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">κατείδωλος</span></span>. <p><span class="textheading">4.</span> like the German <span class="foreign">ver-</span>,<span class="latin">zer-</span>, it denotes separation, dissolution, in verbs of wasting, dissolving, etc., as <span class="greek2">κατακόπτω</span>, <span class="greek2">κατάγνυμι</span>, <span class="greek2">κατακαίω</span>, <span class="greek2">κατακλάω</span>, <span class="greek2">καταλύω</span>, <span class="greek2">κατακλύζω</span>, <span class="greek2">καταναλίσκω</span>, <span class="greek2">καταφθείρω</span>, etc. <p><span class="textheading">5.</span> equivalent to <span class="accented">after, behind</span>: <span class="greek2">καταδιώκω</span>, <span class="greek2">καταλείπω</span>, <span class="greek2">κατακολουθέω</span>, etc. <p><span class="textheading">6.</span> used of proportion and distribution, as <span class="greek2">κατακληροδοτέω</span>, <span class="greek2">κατακληρονομέω</span>, etc. <p><span class="textheading">7.</span> of hostility, <span class="accented">against</span> etc.: <span class="greek2">καταδικάζω</span>, <span class="greek2">κατακρίνω</span>, <span class="greek2">καταλαλέω</span>, <span class="greek2">καταγινώσκω</span>, etc. Cf. <span class="abbreviation">Herm. ad Vig.</span>, p. 637ff (On the construction of verbs compounded with <span class="greek2">κατά</span>, see <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, as above; cf. <span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span>, 165 (143f).) <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>according to, against, among <p>A primary particle; (prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined) -- about, according as (to), after, against, (when they were) X alone, among, and, X apart, (even, like) as (concerning, pertaining to touching), X aside, at, before, beyond, by, to the charge of, (charita-)bly, concerning, + covered, (dai-)ly, down, every, (+ far more) exceeding, X more excellent, for, from... To, godly, in(-asmuch, divers, every, -to, respect of),... By, after the manner of, + by any means, beyond (out of) measure, X mightily, more, X natural, of (up-)on (X part), out (of every), over against, (+ your) X own, + particularly, so, through(-oughout, -oughout every), thus, (un-)to(-gether, -ward), X uttermost, where(-by), with. In composition it retains many of these applications, and frequently denotes opposition, distribution, or intensity. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>επ' καθ καθ' καθά κατ κατ' κατα κατά κατὰ καταμόνας kat kat' kata katá katà kath kath'<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/matthew/1-20.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 1:20</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἄγγελος Κυρίου <b>κατ'</b> ὄναρ ἐφάνη</span><br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> appeared unto him <span class="itali">in</span> a dream, saying,<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-20.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> an angel of [the] Lord <span class="itali">in</span> a dream appeared<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/2-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 2:12</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ χρηματισθέντες <b>κατ'</b> ὄναρ μὴ</span><br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> being warned of God <span class="itali">in</span> a dream<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/2-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> And having been divinely warned <span class="itali">in</span> a dream not<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/2-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 2:13</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">Κυρίου φαίνεται <b>κατ'</b> ὄναρ τῷ</span><br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> to Joseph <span class="itali">in</span> a dream,<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/2-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of [the] Lord appears <span class="itali">in</span> a dream<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/2-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 2:16</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ κατωτέρω <b>κατὰ</b> τὸν χρόνον</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and under, <span class="itali">according</span> to the time<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and under, <span class="itali">according</span> to the time which<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/2-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and under <span class="itali">according to</span> the time<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/2-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 2:19</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">Κυρίου φαίνεται <b>κατ'</b> ὄναρ τῷ</span><br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> appeareth <span class="itali">in</span> a dream<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/2-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of [the] Lord appears <span class="itali">in</span> a dream to<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/2-22.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 2:22</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">χρηματισθεὶς δὲ <b>κατ'</b> ὄναρ ἀνεχώρησεν</span><br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> being warned of God <span class="itali">in</span> a dream,<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/2-22.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> having been divinely warned moreover <span class="itali">in</span> a dream he withdrew<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/5-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 5:11</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">πᾶν πονηρὸν <b>καθ'</b> ὑμῶν ψευδόμενοι</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of evil <span class="itali">against</span> you because<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of evil <span class="itali">against</span> you<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/5-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> all kinds of evil <span class="itali">against</span> you lying<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/5-23.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 5:23</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἔχει τι <b>κατὰ</b> σοῦ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> has something <span class="itali">against</span> you,<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> hath ought <span class="itali">against</span> thee;<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/5-23.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> has something <span class="itali">against</span> you<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/8-32.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 8:32</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/8.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἡ ἀγέλη <b>κατὰ</b> τοῦ κρημνοῦ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> rushed <span class="itali">down</span> the steep bank<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> ran violently <span class="itali">down</span> a steep place<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/8-32.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the herd <span class="itali">down</span> the steep bank<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/9-29.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 9:29</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/9.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">αὐτῶν λέγων <b>Κατὰ</b> τὴν πίστιν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> It shall be done <span class="itali">to you according</span> to your faith.<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> eyes, saying, <span class="itali">According</span> to your faith<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/9-29.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of them saying <span class="itali">According to</span> the faith<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/10-35.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 10:35</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/10.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">διχάσαι ἄνθρωπον <b>κατὰ</b> τοῦ πατρὸς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> A MAN <span class="itali">AGAINST</span> HIS FATHER,<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> a man at variance <span class="itali">against</span> his father,<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/10-35.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> to set at variance a man <span class="itali">against</span> the Father<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/10-35.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 10:35</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/10.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ θυγατέρα <b>κατὰ</b> τῆς μητρὸς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> AND A DAUGHTER <span class="itali">AGAINST</span> HER MOTHER,<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and the daughter <span class="itali">against</span> her mother,<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/10-35.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and a daughter <span class="itali">against</span> the mother<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/10-35.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 10:35</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/10.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ νύμφην <b>κατὰ</b> τῆς πενθερᾶς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> AND A DAUGHTER-IN-LAW <span class="itali">AGAINST</span> HER MOTHER-IN-LAW;<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the daughter in law <span class="itali">against</span> her<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/10-35.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and a daughter-in-law <span class="itali">against</span> the mother-in-law<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/12-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 12:14</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">συμβούλιον ἔλαβον <b>κατ'</b> αὐτοῦ ὅπως</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> out and conspired <span class="itali">against</span> Him, [as to] how<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and held a council <span class="itali">against</span> him, how<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/12-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> a counsel held <span class="itali">against</span> him how<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/12-25.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 12:25</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">βασιλεία μερισθεῖσα <b>καθ'</b> ἑαυτῆς ἐρημοῦται</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> divided <span class="itali">against</span> itself<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> divided <span class="itali">against</span> itself<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/12-25.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> kingdom having divided <span class="itali">against</span> itself is brought to desolation<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/12-25.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 12:25</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">οἰκία μερισθεῖσα <b>καθ'</b> ἑαυτῆς οὐ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> divided <span class="itali">against</span> itself<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> house divided <span class="itali">against</span> itself shall<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/12-25.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> house having divided <span class="itali">against</span> itself not<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/12-30.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 12:30</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">μετ' ἐμοῦ <b>κατ'</b> ἐμοῦ ἐστίν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">He who is not with Me is against</span> Me; and he who does not gather<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> me is <span class="itali">against</span> me; and<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/12-30.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> with me <span class="itali">against</span> me is<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/12-32.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 12:32</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">εἴπῃ λόγον <b>κατὰ</b> τοῦ υἱοῦ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> speaks a word <span class="itali">against</span> the Son of Man,<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> a word <span class="itali">against</span> the Son<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/12-32.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> speaks a word <span class="itali">against</span> the Son<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/12-32.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 12:32</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἂν εἴπῃ <b>κατὰ</b> τοῦ πνεύματος</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> speaks <span class="itali">against</span> the Holy<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> speaketh <span class="itali">against</span> the Holy<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/12-32.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> anyhow speaks <span class="itali">against</span> the Spirit<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/14-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 14:13</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/14.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἔρημον τόπον <b>κατ'</b> ἰδίαν καὶ</span><br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/14.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> place <span class="itali">apart:</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/14-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> a secluded place <span class="itali">apart</span> himself also<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/14-23.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 14:23</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/14.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τὸ ὄρος <b>κατ'</b> ἰδίαν προσεύξασθαι</span><br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/14.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> into a mountain <span class="itali">apart</span> to pray: and<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/14-23.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the mountain <span class="itali">apart</span> himself to pray<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/16-27.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 16:27</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/16.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἀποδώσει ἑκάστῳ <b>κατὰ</b> τὴν πρᾶξιν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/16.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> EVERY MAN <span class="itali">ACCORDING</span> TO HIS DEEDS.<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/16.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> every man <span class="itali">according</span> to his<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/16-27.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> he will give to each <span class="itali">according to</span> the deeds<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/17-1.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 17:1</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/17.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὄρος ὑψηλὸν <b>κατ'</b> ἰδίαν </span><br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/17.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> an high mountain <span class="itali">apart,</span><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/17-1.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> a mountain high <span class="itali">by</span> themselves<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/17-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 17:19</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/17.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τῷ Ἰησοῦ <b>κατ'</b> ἰδίαν εἶπον</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/17.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> came to Jesus <span class="itali">privately</span> and said, Why<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/17.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> to Jesus <span class="itali">apart,</span> and said,<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/17-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> to Jesus <span class="itali">in</span> private they said<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/19-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 19:3</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/19.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ <b>κατὰ</b> πᾶσαν αἰτίαν</span><br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/19.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> his wife <span class="itali">for</span> every cause?<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/19-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> a wife to him <span class="itali">for</span> every cause<p><b><a href="/greek/2596.htm">Strong's Greek 2596</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_2596.htm">480 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/kat_2596.htm">κατ' &#8212; 85 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/kata_2596.htm">κατὰ &#8212; 334 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/kath_2596.htm">καθ' &#8212; 61 Occ.</a><br><br><br /><br /></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 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