καθώς
according as
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Matthew 3 verses
- Matthew 21:6 καθὼς adv The disciples went, and did just as Jesus commanded them,
- Matthew 26:24 καθὼς adv The Son of Man goes, even as it is written of him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for that man if he had not been born."
- Matthew 28:6 καθὼς adv He is not here, for he has risen, just like he said. Come, see the place where the Lord was lying.
Mark 8 verses
- Mark 1:2 καθὼς adv As it is written in the prophets, "Behold, I send my messenger before your face, Who will prepare your way before you.
- Mark 4:33 καθὼς adv With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.
- Mark 9:13 καθὼς adv But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they have also done to him whatever they wanted to, even as it is written about him."
- Mark 11:6 καθὼς adv They said to them just as Jesus had said, and they let them go.
- Mark 14:16 καθὼς adv His disciples went out, and came into the city, and found things as he had said to them, and they prepared the Passover.
- Mark 14:21 καθὼς adv For the Son of Man goes, even as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for that man if he had not been born."
- Mark 15:8 καθὼς adv The multitude, crying aloud, began to ask him to do as he always did for them.
- Mark 16:7 καθὼς adv But go, tell his disciples and Peter, 'He goes before you into Galilee. There you will see him, as he said to you.'"
Luke 17 verses
- Luke 1:2 καθὼς adv even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word delivered them to us,
- Luke 1:55 καθὼς adv As he spoke to our fathers, To Abraham and his seed forever."
- Luke 1:70 καθὼς adv (As he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets who have been from of old),
- Luke 2:20 καθὼς adv The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, just as it was told them.
- Luke 2:23 καθὼς adv (as it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord"),
- Luke 5:14 καθὼς adv He charged him to tell no one, "But go your way, and show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing according to what Moses commanded, for a testimony to them."
- Luke 6:31 καθὼς adv "As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them.
- Luke 6:36 καθὼς adv Therefore be merciful, Even as your Father is also merciful.
- Luke 11:1 καθὼς adv It happened, that when he finished praying in a certain place, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples."
- Luke 11:30 καθὼς adv For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will also the Son of Man be to this generation.
- Luke 17:26 καθὼς adv As it happened in the days of Noah, even so will it be also in the days of the Son of Man.
- Luke 17:28 καθὼς adv Likewise, even as it happened in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;
- Luke 19:32 καθὼς adv Those who were sent went away, and found things just as he had told them.
- Luke 22:13 καθὼς adv They went, found things as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.
- Luke 22:29 καθὼς adv I confer on you a kingdom, even as my Father conferred on me,
- Luke 24:24 καθὼς adv Some of us went to the tomb, and found it just like the women had said, but they didn't see him."
- Luke 24:39 καθὼς adv See my hands and my feet, that it is truly me. Touch me and see, for a spirit doesn't have flesh and bones, as you see that I have."
John 31 verses
- John 1:23 καθὼς adv He said, "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' as Isaiah the prophet said."
- John 3:14 καθὼς adv As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
- John 5:23 καθὼς adv that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn't honor the Son doesn't honor the Father who sent him.
- John 5:30 καθὼς adv I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don't seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.
- John 6:31 καθώς adv Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness. As it is written, 'He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.'"
- John 6:57 καθὼς adv As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he who feeds on me, he will also live because of me.
- John 6:58 καθὼς adv This is the bread which came down out of heaven-- not as our fathers ate the manna, and died. He who eats this bread will live forever."
- John 7:38 καθὼς adv He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water."
- John 8:28 καθὼς adv Jesus therefore said to them, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing of myself, but as my Father taught me, I say these things.
- John 10:15 καθὼς adv even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.
- John 12:14 καθώς adv Jesus, having found a young donkey, sat on it. As it is written,
- John 12:50 καθὼς adv I know that his commandment is eternal life. The things therefore which I speak, even as the Father has said to me, so I speak."
- John 13:15 καθὼς adv For I have given you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you.
- John 13:33 καθὼς adv Little children, I will be with you a little while longer. You will seek me, and as I said to the Jews, 'Where I am going, you can't come,' so now I tell you.
- John 13:34 καθὼς adv A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another.
- John 14:27 καθὼς adv Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don't let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.
- John 14:31 καθὼς adv But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father commanded me, even so I do. Arise, let us go from here.
- John 15:4 καθὼς adv Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can't bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.
- John 15:9 καθὼς adv Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love.
- John 15:10 καθὼς adv If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and remain in his love.
- John 15:12 καθὼς adv "This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.
- John 17:2 καθὼς adv even as you gave him authority over all flesh, he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him.
- John 17:11 καθὼς adv I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them through your name which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are.
- John 17:14 καθὼς adv I have given them your word. The world hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
- John 17:16 καθὼς adv They are not of the world even as I am not of the world.
- John 17:18 καθὼς adv As you sent me into the world, even so I have sent them into the world.
- John 17:21 καθὼς adv that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that you sent me.
- John 17:22 καθὼς adv The glory which you have given me, I have given to them; that they may be one, even as we are one;
- John 17:23 καθὼς adv I in them, and you in me, that they may be perfected into one; that the world may know that you sent me, and loved them, even as you loved me.
- John 19:40 καθὼς adv So they took Jesus' body, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.
- John 20:21 καθὼς adv Jesus therefore said to them again, "Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you."
Acts 11 verses
- Acts 2:4 καθὼς adv They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.
- Acts 2:22 καθὼς adv "Men of Israel, hear these words! Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved by God to you by mighty works and wonders and signs which God did by him in the midst of you, even as you yourselves know,
- Acts 7:17 καθὼς adv "But as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
- Acts 7:42 καθὼς adv But God turned, and gave them up to serve the host of the sky, as it is written in the book of the prophets, 'Did you offer to me slain animals and sacrifices Forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
- Acts 7:44 καθὼς adv "Our fathers had the tent of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he who spoke to Moses commanded him to make it according to the pattern that he had seen;
- Acts 7:48 καθὼς adv However, the Most High doesn't dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,
- Acts 11:29 καθὼς adv As any of the disciples had plenty, each determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea;
- Acts 15:8 καθὼς adv God, who knows the heart, testified about them, giving them the Holy Spirit, just like he did to us.
- Acts 15:14 καθὼς adv Simeon has reported how God first visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
- Acts 15:15 καθὼς adv This agrees with the words of the prophets. As it is written,
- Acts 22:3 καθὼς adv "I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as you all are this day.
Romans 17 verses
- Romans 1:13 καθὼς adv Now I don't desire to have you unaware, brothers, that I often planned to come to you, and was hindered so far, that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles.
- Romans 1:17 καθὼς adv For in it is revealed God's righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, "But the righteous shall live by faith."
- Romans 1:28 καθὼς adv Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
- Romans 2:24 καθὼς adv For "the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you," just as it is written.
- Romans 3:8 καθὼς καθώς adv adv Why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), "Let us do evil, that good may come?" Those who say so are justly condemned.
- Romans 3:10 καθὼς adv As it is written, "There is no one righteous. No, not one.
- Romans 4:17 καθὼς adv As it is written, "I have made you a father of many nations." This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.
- Romans 8:36 καθὼς adv Even as it is written, "For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter."
- Romans 9:13 καθὼς adv Even as it is written, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."
- Romans 9:29 καθὼς adv As Isaiah has said before, "Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us a seed, We would have become like Sodom, And would have been made like Gomorrah."
- Romans 9:33 καθὼς adv even as it is written, "Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offense; And no one who believes in him will be disappointed."
- Romans 10:15 καθὼς adv And how will they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the Gospel of peace, Who bring glad tidings of good things!"
- Romans 11:26 καθὼς adv and so all Israel will be saved. Even as it is written, "There will come out of Zion the Deliverer, And he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
- Romans 15:3 καθὼς adv For even Christ didn't please himself. But, as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me."
- Romans 15:7 καθὼς adv Therefore receive one another, even as Christ also received you, to the glory of God.
- Romans 15:9 καθὼς adv and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, "Therefore will I give praise to you among the Gentiles, And sing to your name."
- Romans 15:21 καθὼς adv But, as it is written, "They will see, to whom no news of him came. They who haven't heard will understand."
1 Corinthians 19 verses
- 1 Corinthians 1:6 καθὼς adv even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
- 1 Corinthians 1:31 καθὼς adv that, according as it is written, "He who boasts, let him boast in the Lord."
- 1 Corinthians 2:9 καθὼς adv But as it is written, "Things which an eye didn't see, and an ear didn't hear, Which didn't enter into the heart of man, These God has prepared for those who love him."
- 1 Corinthians 4:17 καθὼς adv Because of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every assembly.
- 1 Corinthians 5:7 καθώς adv Purge out the old yeast, that you may be a new lump, even as you are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, has been sacrificed in our place.
- 1 Corinthians 8:2 καθὼς adv But if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he doesn't yet know as he ought to know.
- 1 Corinthians 10:6 καθὼς adv Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
- 1 Corinthians 10:7 καθώς adv Neither be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play."
- 1 Corinthians 10:8 καθώς adv Neither let us commit sexual immorality, as some of them committed, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell.
- 1 Corinthians 10:9 καθώς adv Neither let us test the Lord, as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents.
- 1 Corinthians 10:33 καθὼς adv even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.
- 1 Corinthians 11:1 καθὼς adv Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 11:2 καθὼς adv Now I praise you, brothers, that you remember me in all things, and hold firm the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.
- 1 Corinthians 12:11 καθὼς adv But the one and the same Spirit works all of these, distributing to each one separately as he desires.
- 1 Corinthians 12:18 καθὼς adv But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body, just as he desired.
- 1 Corinthians 13:12 καθὼς adv For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known.
- 1 Corinthians 14:34 καθὼς adv let your wives keep silent in the assemblies, for it has not been permitted for them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as the law also says.
- 1 Corinthians 15:38 καθὼς adv But God gives it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of its own.
- 1 Corinthians 15:49 καθὼς adv As we have borne the image of those made of dust, let's also bear the image of the heavenly.
2 Corinthians 12 verses
- 2 Corinthians 1:5 καθὼς adv For as the sufferings of Christ abound to us, even so our comfort also abounds through Christ.
- 2 Corinthians 1:14 καθὼς adv as also you acknowledged us in part, that we are your boasting, even as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.
- 2 Corinthians 4:1 καθὼς adv Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don't faint.
- 2 Corinthians 6:16 καθὼς adv What agreement has a temple of God with idols? For you are a temple of the living God. Even as God said, "I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people."
- 2 Corinthians 8:5 καθὼς adv This was not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.
- 2 Corinthians 8:6 καθὼς adv So we urged Titus, that as he made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace.
- 2 Corinthians 8:15 καθὼς adv As it is written, "He who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack."
- 2 Corinthians 9:3 καθὼς adv But I have sent the brothers that our boasting on your behalf may not be in vain in this respect, that, just as I said, you may be prepared,
- 2 Corinthians 9:7 καθὼς adv Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.
- 2 Corinthians 9:9 καθὼς adv As it is written, "He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor. His righteousness remains forever."
- 2 Corinthians 10:7 καθὼς adv Do you look at things only as they appear in front of your face? If anyone trusts in himself that he is Christ's, let him consider this again with himself, that, even as he is Christ's, so also we are Christ's.
- 2 Corinthians 11:12 καθὼς adv But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them that desire an occasion, that in which they boast, they may be found even as we.
Galatians 3 verses
- Galatians 2:7 καθὼς adv but to the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the Gospel for the uncircumcision, even as Peter with the Gospel for the circumcision
- Galatians 3:6 καθὼς adv Even as Abraham "believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness."
- Galatians 5:21 καθὼς adv envyings, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the Kingdom of God.
Ephesians 10 verses
- Ephesians 1:4 καθὼς adv even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without blemish before him in love;
- Ephesians 3:3 καθὼς adv how that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before in few words,
- Ephesians 4:4 καθὼς adv There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling;
- Ephesians 4:17 καθὼς adv This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,
- Ephesians 4:21 καθώς adv if indeed you heard him, and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus:
- Ephesians 4:32 καθὼς adv And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.
- Ephesians 5:2 καθὼς adv Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
- Ephesians 5:3 καθὼς adv But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;
- Ephesians 5:25 καθὼς adv Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;
- Ephesians 5:29 καθὼς adv For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly;
Philippians 3 verses
- Philippians 1:7 καθώς adv It is even right for me to think this way on behalf of all of you, because I have you in my heart, because, both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the Gospel, you all are partakers with me of grace.
- Philippians 2:12 καθὼς adv So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
- Philippians 3:17 καθὼς adv Brothers, be imitators together of me, and note those who walk this way, even as you have us for an example.
Colossians 4 verses
- Colossians 1:6 καθὼς καθὼς adv adv which has come to you; even as it is in all the world and is bearing fruit and growing, as it does in you also, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth;
- Colossians 1:7 καθὼς adv even as you learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,
- Colossians 2:7 καθὼς adv rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving.
- Colossians 3:13 καθὼς adv bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.
1 Thessalonians 12 verses
- 1 Thessalonians 1:5 καθὼς adv and that our Gospel came to you not in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and with much assurance. You know what kind of men we showed ourselves to be among you for your sake.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:2 καθὼς adv but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the Gospel of God in much conflict.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:4 καθὼς adv But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:5 καθὼς adv For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness),
- 1 Thessalonians 2:13 καθώς adv For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:14 καθὼς adv For you, brothers, became imitators of the assemblies of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus; for you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, even as they did from the Jews;
- 1 Thessalonians 3:4 καθὼς adv For most assuredly, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we are to suffer affliction, even as it happened, and you know.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:1 καθὼς καθὼς adv adv Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:6 καθὼς adv that no one should take advantage of and wrong a brother or sister in this matter; because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:11 καθὼς adv and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we charged you;
- 1 Thessalonians 4:13 καθὼς adv But we don't want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don't grieve like the rest, who have no hope.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:11 καθὼς adv Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do.
2 Thessalonians 2 verses
- 2 Thessalonians 1:3 καθὼς adv We are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers, even as it is appropriate, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of each and every one of you towards one another abounds;
- 2 Thessalonians 3:1 καθὼς adv Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be glorified, even as also with you;
1 Timothy 1 verse
Hebrews 9 verses
- Hebrews 3:7 καθὼς adv Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, "Today if you will hear his voice,
- Hebrews 4:3 καθὼς adv For we who have believed do enter into that rest, even as he has said, "As I swore in my wrath, they will not enter into my rest;" although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
- Hebrews 4:7 καθὼς adv he again defines a certain day, today, saying through David so long a time afterward (just as has been said), "Today if you will hear his voice, Don't harden your hearts."
- Hebrews 5:3 καθὼς adv Because of this, he must offer sacrifices for sins for the people, as well as for himself.
- Hebrews 5:4 καθώσπερ adv Nobody takes this honor on himself, but he is called by God, just like Aaron was.
- Hebrews 5:6 καθὼς adv As he says also in another place, "You are a priest forever, After the order of Melchizedek."
- Hebrews 8:5 καθὼς adv who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses was warned by God when he was about to make the tabernacle, for he said, "See, you shall make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain."
- Hebrews 10:25 καθὼς adv not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as you see the Day approaching.
- Hebrews 11:12 καθὼς adv Therefore as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as innumerable as the sand which is by the sea shore, were fathered by one man, and him as good as dead.
1 Peter 1 verse
2 Peter 2 verses
1 John 9 verses
- 1 John 2:6 καθὼς adv he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.
- 1 John 2:18 καθὼς adv Little children, these are the end times, and as you heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen. By this we know that it is the end times.
- 1 John 2:27 καθὼς adv As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don't need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you will remain in him.
- 1 John 3:2 καθώς adv Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.
- 1 John 3:3 καθὼς adv Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.
- 1 John 3:7 καθὼς adv Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
- 1 John 3:12 καθὼς adv unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
- 1 John 3:23 καθὼς adv This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded.
- 1 John 4:17 καθὼς adv In this love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so are we in this world.
2 John 2 verses
- 2 John 1:4 καθὼς adv I rejoice greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, even as we have been commanded by the Father.
- 2 John 1:6 καθὼς adv This is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, even as you heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.
3 John 2 verses
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καθως (kathṓs) is a Greek verb most often rendered “according as.” Translators differ — “as” in the King James Version, then “just as” (unfoldingWord Literal Text), as the renderings breakdown shows. With 178 verses in 21 books, it is a common word in the Greek New Testament. It first appears in Matthew 21:6. Ranging over 3 senses, it is not a single-sense word. The sections below give every sense, occurrence, and version rendering.
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Strong's G2531 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 178
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 178 distinct verses.
- 21 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 21 of 27 New Testament books.
- #87
- by frequency
- Top 100 most frequent Greek words (rank 87 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 178 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- John 31 verses 17%
- 1 Corinthians 19 verses 11%
- Luke 17 verses 10%
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 178 distinct verses.
- Pauline corpus 83 verses · 47%
- Gospels 59 verses · 33%
- Johannine 44 verses · 25%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 28 verses · 16%
- General (Catholic) Epistles 16 verses · 9%
- Hebrews 9 verses · 5%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: As 167×, According as 5×, Even 2×
- American Standard Version: As 165×, According as 4×
- Berean Standard Bible: As 96×, Just as 42×, According to 4×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Just as 155×, As 20×, Is just as 2×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G2531 across 183 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 9 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G2531 across 183 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 14 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G2531 across 172 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 24 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 11 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G2531 across 183 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 6 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 3 senses Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- according as
- since, seeing that, agreeably to the fact that
- when, after that
Word origin
Derived from κατα (katá) (G2596) — down.
Forms in the corpus
The 4 distinct written forms G2531 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that case’s occurrences in the concordance.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| καθὼς kathṑs | Adverb | Matthew 21:6 | 168 |
| καθώς kathṓs | Adverb | John 6:31 | 11 |
| Καθὼς Kathṑs | Adverb | 1 Timothy 1:3 | 1 |
| καθώσπερ kathṓsper | Adverb | Hebrews 5:4 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G2531, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- καθα kathá G2505 according as
- καθαιρεω kathairéō G2507 to tear down
- καθαπτω katháptō G2510 to fasten down
- καθεδρα kathédra G2515 seat
- καθεζομαι kathézomai G2516 to sit down
- καθεξης kathexēs G2517 in order
- καθευδω katheúdō G2518 to fall asleep
- καθηγητης kathēgētḗs G2519 guide
- καθηκω kathḗkō G2520 to come down
- καθημαι káthēmai G2521 to sit down
- καθημερινος kathēmerinós G2522 daily
- καθιημι kathíēmi G2524 to send down
- καθιστημι kathístēmi G2525 to place
- καθο kathó G2526 according to what
- καθολου kathólou G2527 wholly
- καθοπλιζω kathoplízō G2528 to arm
- καθοραω kathoráō G2529 to see clearly
- καθοτι kathóti G2530 according to what
- καμμυω kammýō G2576 to close eyes
- καταβαινω katabaínō G2597 to descend
- καταβαλλω katabállō G2598 to cast down
- καταβαρεω katabaréō G2599 to weigh down
- καταβιβαζω katabibázō G2601 to bring down
- καταβραβευω katabrabeúō G2603 to defraud
+103 more words share this root (not shown).
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 129 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word καθως appears 210 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 195 verses in 32 books.
- 210
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 195
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 32 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 32 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Genesis 8:21 καθώς
- Exodus 34:1 καθώς
- Numbers 8:22 καθώς
- Deuteronomy 2:29 καθώς
- Judges 1:7 καθώς
- Ruth 1:8 καθώς
- 1 Samuel 4:9 καθώς
- 2 Samuel 3:9 καθώς
- 1 Kings 1:30 καθώς
- 2 Kings 2:19 καθώς
- 1 Chronicles 14:16 καθώς
- 2 Chronicles 6:10 καθώς
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G2531) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 195. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 8:21 καθώς Yahweh smelled the sweet savor. Yahweh said in his heart, "I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, because the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I ever again strike everything living, as I have done.
- Genesis 18:5 καθώς I will get a morsel of bread so you can refresh your heart. After that you may go your way, now that you have come to your servant." They said, "Very well, do as you have said."
- Genesis 41:13 καθώς It happened, as he interpreted to us, so it was: he restored me to my office, and he hanged him."
- Genesis 44:2 καθώς Put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, with his grain money." He did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.
- Exodus 34:1 καθώς Yahweh said to Moses, "Chisel two stone tablets like the first: and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.
- Numbers 8:22 καθώς After that, the Levites went in to do their service in the Tent of Meeting before Aaron, and before his sons: as Yahweh had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.
- Numbers 21:34 καθώς Yahweh said to Moses, Don't fear him: for I have delivered him into your hand, and all his people, and his land; and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon.
- Numbers 26:54 καθώς To the more you shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer you shall give the less inheritance: to everyone according to those who were numbered of him shall his inheritance be given.
- Deuteronomy 2:29 καθώς as the children of Esau who dwell in Seir, and the Moabites who dwell in Ar, did to me; until I shall pass over the Jordan into the land which Yahweh our God gives us.
- Deuteronomy 4:38 καθώς to drive out nations from before you greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land for an inheritance, as at this day.
- Deuteronomy 11:21 καθώς that your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens above the earth.
- Deuteronomy 26:19 καθώς and to make you high above all nations that he has made, in praise, and in name, and in honor; and that you may be a holy people to Yahweh your God, as he has spoken.
- Judges 1:7 καθώς Adoni-bezek said, "Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered [their food] under my table: as I have done, so God has requited me." They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
- Judges 1:20 καθώς They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had spoken: and he drove out there the three sons of Anak.
- Judges 2:15 καθώς Wherever they went out, the hand of Yahweh was against them for evil, as Yahweh had spoken, and as Yahweh had sworn to them: and they were sore distressed.
- Judges 5:27 καθώς At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay; At her feet he bowed, he fell; Where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
- Judges 6:5 καθώς For they came up with their cattle and their tents; they came in as locusts for multitude; both they and their camels were without number: and they came into the land to destroy it.
- Judges 6:36 καθώς Gideon said to God, If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken,
- Judges 6:37 καθώς behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor; if there be dew on the fleece only, and it be dry on all the ground, then shall I know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken.
- Judges 7:17 καθώς He said to them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outermost part of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall you do.
- Judges 8:2 καθώς He said to them, What have I now done in comparison with you? Isn't the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
- Judges 8:33 καθώς It happened, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and played the prostitute after the Baals, and made Baal Berith their god.
- Judges 13:23 καθώς But his wife said to him, If Yahweh were pleased to kill us, he wouldn't have received a burnt offering and a meal-offering at our hand, neither would he have shown us all these things, nor would at this time have told such things as these.
- Judges 16:22 καθώς However the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaved.
- Ruth 1:8 καθώς Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each of you to her mother's house: Yahweh deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead, and with me.
- 1 Samuel 4:9 καθώς Be strong, and behave yourselves like men, O you Philistines, that you not be servants to the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.
- 1 Samuel 20:3 καθώς David swore moreover, and said, Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes; and he says, Don't let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.
- 1 Samuel 20:13 καθώς Yahweh do so to Jonathan, and more also, should it please my father to do you evil, if I don't disclose it to you, and send you away, that you may go in peace: and Yahweh be with you, as he has been with my father.
- 1 Samuel 20:35 καθώς It happened in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little boy with him.
- 1 Samuel 23:11 καθώς Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? Yahweh, the God of Israel, I beg you, tell your servant. Yahweh said, He will come down.
- 1 Samuel 24:14 καθώς After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom do you pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
- 1 Samuel 24:20 καθώς Now, behold, I know that you shall surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in your hand.
- 1 Samuel 25:26 καθώς Now therefore, my lord, as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, seeing Yahweh has withheld you from blood guiltiness, and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now therefore let your enemies, and those who seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
- 1 Samuel 26:20 καθώς Now therefore, don't let my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of Yahweh: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one does hunt a partridge in the mountains.
- 1 Samuel 26:24 καθώς Behold, as your life was much set by this day in my eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of Yahweh, and let him deliver me out of all oppression.
- 1 Samuel 28:17 καθώς Yahweh has done to you, as he spoke by me: and Yahweh has torn the kingdom out of your hand, and given it to your neighbor, even to David.
- 2 Samuel 3:9 καθώς God do so to Abner, and more also, if, as Yahweh has sworn to David, I don't do even so to him;
- 2 Samuel 5:25 καθώς David did so, as Yahweh commanded him, and struck the Philistines from Geba until you come to Gezer.
- 2 Samuel 6:20 καθώς Then David returned to bless his household. Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel today, who uncovered himself today in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!
- 2 Samuel 7:10 καθώς I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as at the first,
- 2 Samuel 7:15 καθώς but my loving kindness shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before you.
- 2 Samuel 7:25 καθώς Now, Yahweh God, the word that you have spoken concerning your servant, and concerning his house, confirm you it forever, and do as you have spoken.
- 2 Samuel 9:11 καθώς Then said Ziba to the king, According to all that my lord the king commands his servant, so shall your servant do. As for Mephibosheth, [said the king], he shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons.
- 2 Samuel 14:17 καθώς Then your handmaid said, Please let the word of my lord the king be comfortable; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: and Yahweh your God be with you.
- 2 Samuel 14:20 καθώς to change the face of the matter has your servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.
- 2 Samuel 17:10 καθώς Even he who is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt; for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and those who are with him are valiant men.
- 2 Samuel 19:4 καθώς The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, my son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son!
- 1 Kings 1:30 καθώς most assuredly as I swore to you by Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place; most assuredly so will I do this day.
- 1 Kings 1:37 καθώς As Yahweh has been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.
- 1 Kings 2:24 καθώς Now therefore as Yahweh lives, who has established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, as he promised, surely Adonijah shall be put to death this day.
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G2531) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
