κατά
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Matthew 33 verses
- Matthew 1:20 κατ’ prep But when he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, don't be afraid to take to yourself Mary, your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
- Matthew 2:12 κατ’ prep Being warned in a dream that they shouldn't return to Herod, they went back to their own country another way.
- Matthew 2:13 κατ’ prep Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him."
- Matthew 2:16 κατὰ prep Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men.
- Matthew 2:19 κατ’ prep But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,
- Matthew 2:22 κατ’ prep But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in the place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there. Being warned in a dream, he withdrew into the region of Galilee,
- Matthew 5:11 καθ’ prep "Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
- Matthew 5:23 κατὰ prep "If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you,
- Matthew 8:32 κατὰ prep He said to them, "Go!" They came out, and went into the herd of pigs: and behold, the whole herd of pigs rushed down the cliff into the sea, and died in the water.
- Matthew 9:29 Κατὰ prep Then he touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith be it done to you."
- Matthew 10:35 κατὰ κατὰ κατὰ prep prep prep For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
- Matthew 12:14 κατ’ prep But the Pharisees went out, and conspired against him, how they might destroy him.
- Matthew 12:25 καθ’ καθ’ prep prep Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.
- Matthew 12:30 κατ’ prep "He who is not with me is against me, and he who doesn't gather with me, scatters.
- Matthew 12:32 κατὰ κατὰ prep prep Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is to come.
- Matthew 14:13 κατ’ prep Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat, to a deserted place apart. When the multitudes heard it, they followed him on foot from the cities.
- Matthew 14:23 κατ’ prep After he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into the mountain by himself to pray. When evening had come, he was there alone.
- Matthew 16:27 κατὰ prep For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds.
- Matthew 17:1 κατ’ prep After six days, Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John his brother, and brought them up into a high mountain by themselves.
- Matthew 17:19 κατ’ prep Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, "Why weren't we able to cast it out?"
- Matthew 19:3 κατὰ prep Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?"
- Matthew 20:11 κατὰ prep When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household,
- Matthew 20:17 κατ’ prep As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,
- Matthew 23:3 κατὰ prep All things therefore whatever they tell you to observe, observe and do, but don't do their works; for they say, and don't do.
- Matthew 24:3 κατ’ prep As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?"
- Matthew 24:7 κατὰ prep For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places.
- Matthew 25:15 κατὰ prep To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his own ability. Then he went on his journey.
- Matthew 26:55 καθ’ prep In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, "Have you come out as against a robber with swords and clubs to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching, and you didn't arrest me.
- Matthew 26:59 κατὰ prep Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death;
- Matthew 26:63 κατὰ prep But Jesus held his peace. The high priest answered him, "I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God."
- Matthew 27:1 κατὰ prep Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
- Matthew 27:15 Κατὰ prep Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the multitude one prisoner, whom they desired.
- Matthew 27:19 κατ’ prep While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him."
Mark 22 verses
- Mark 1:27 κατ’ prep They were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, "What is this? A new teaching? For with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him!"
- Mark 3:6 κατ’ prep The Pharisees went out, and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.
- Mark 4:10 κατὰ prep When he was alone, those who were around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.
- Mark 4:34 κατ’ prep Without a parable he didn't speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained all things.
- Mark 5:13 κατὰ prep At once Jesus gave them permission. The unclean spirits came out and entered into the pigs. The herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and they were drowned in the sea.
- Mark 6:31 κατ’ prep He said to them, "You come apart into a deserted place, and rest awhile." For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.
- Mark 6:32 κατ’ prep They went away in the boat to a desert place by themselves.
- Mark 6:40 κατὰ κατὰ prep prep They sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties.
- Mark 7:5 κατὰ prep The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why don't your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?"
- Mark 7:33 κατ’ prep He took him aside from the multitude, privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat, and touched his tongue.
- Mark 9:2 κατ’ prep After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John, and brought them up onto a high mountain privately by themselves, and he was changed into another form in front of them.
- Mark 9:28 κατ’ prep When he had come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why couldn't we cast it out?"
- Mark 9:40 καθ’ prep For whoever is not against us is on our side.
- Mark 11:25 κατά prep Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.
- Mark 13:3 κατ’ prep As he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately,
- Mark 13:8 κατὰ prep For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places. There will be famines and troubles. These things are the beginning of birth pains.
- Mark 14:19 κατὰ prep They began to be sorrowful, and to ask him one by one, "Surely not I?" And another said, "Surely not I?"
- Mark 14:49 καθ’ prep I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you didn't arrest me. But this is so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled."
- Mark 14:55 κατὰ prep Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witnesses against Jesus to put him to death, and found none.
- Mark 14:56 κατ’ prep For many gave false testimony against him, and their testimony didn't agree with each other.
- Mark 14:57 κατ’ prep Some stood up, and gave false testimony against him, saying,
- Mark 15:6 Κατὰ prep Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner, whom they asked of him.
Luke 43 verses
- Luke 1:9 κατὰ prep according to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.
- Luke 1:18 κατὰ prep Zacharias said to the angel, "How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years."
- Luke 1:38 κατὰ prep Mary said, "Behold, the handmaid of the Lord; be it to me according to your word." The angel departed from her.
- Luke 2:22 κατὰ prep When the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were fulfilled, they brought him up to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord
- Luke 2:24 κατὰ prep and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, "A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons."
- Luke 2:27 κατὰ prep He came in the Spirit into the temple. When the parents brought in the child, Jesus, that they might do concerning him according to the custom of the law,
- Luke 2:29 κατὰ prep "Now you are releasing your servant, Master, According to your word, in peace;
- Luke 2:31 κατὰ prep Which you have prepared before the face of all peoples;
- Luke 2:39 κατὰ prep When they had accomplished all things that were according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth.
- Luke 2:41 κατ’ prep His parents went every year to Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover.
- Luke 2:42 κατὰ prep When he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast,
- Luke 4:14 καθ’ prep Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee, and news about him spread through all the surrounding area.
- Luke 4:16 κατὰ prep He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. He entered, as was his custom, into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.
- Luke 6:23 κατὰ prep Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven, for their fathers did the same thing to the prophets.
- Luke 6:26 κατὰ prep Woe, when men speak well of you! For their fathers did the same thing to the false prophets.
- Luke 8:1 κατὰ prep It happened soon afterwards, that he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good news of the Kingdom of God. With him were the twelve,
- Luke 8:4 κατὰ prep When a great multitude came together, and people from every city were coming to him, he spoke by a parable.
- Luke 8:33 κατὰ prep The demons came out from the man, and entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake, and were drowned.
- Luke 8:39 καθ’ prep "Return to your house, and declare what great things God has done for you." He went his way, proclaiming throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.
- Luke 9:6 κατὰ prep They departed, and went throughout the villages, preaching the Gospel, and healing everywhere.
- Luke 9:10 κατ’ prep The apostles, when they had returned, told him what things they had done. He took them, and withdrew apart to a deserted place of a city called Bethsaida.
- Luke 9:18 κατὰ prep It happened, as he was praying alone, that the disciples were with him, and he asked them, "Who do the multitudes say that I am?"
- Luke 9:23 καθ’ prep He said to all, "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
- Luke 9:50 καθ’ prep Jesus said to him, "Don't forbid him, for he who is not against us is for us."
- Luke 10:4 κατὰ prep Carry no purse, nor wallet, nor sandals. Greet no one on the way.
- Luke 10:23 κατ’ prep Turning to the disciples, he said privately, "Blessed are the eyes which see the things that you see,
- Luke 10:31 κατὰ prep By chance a certain priest was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
- Luke 10:32 κατὰ prep In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side.
- Luke 10:33 κατ’ prep But a certain Samaritan, as he traveled, came where he was. When he saw him, he was moved with compassion,
- Luke 11:3 καθ’ prep Give us day by day our daily bread.
- Luke 11:23 κατ’ prep "He that is not with me is against me. He who doesn't gather with me scatters.
- Luke 13:22 κατὰ prep He went on his way through cities and villages, teaching, and traveling on to Jerusalem.
- Luke 15:14 κατὰ prep When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.
- Luke 16:19 καθ’ prep "Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.
- Luke 17:30 κατὰ prep It will be the same way in the day that the Son of Man is revealed.
- Luke 19:47 καθ’ prep He was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people sought to destroy him.
- Luke 21:11 κατὰ prep There will be great earthquakes, famines, and plagues in various places. There will be terrors and great signs from heaven.
- Luke 22:22 κατὰ prep The Son of Man indeed goes, as it has been determined, but woe to that man through whom he is betrayed!"
- Luke 22:39 κατὰ prep He came out, and went, as his custom was, to the Mount of Olives. His disciples also followed him.
- Luke 22:53 καθ’ prep When I was with you in the temple daily, you didn't stretch out your hands against me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness."
- Luke 23:5 καθ’ prep But they insisted, saying, "He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to this place."
- Luke 23:14 κατ’ prep and said to them, "You brought this man to me as one that perverts the people, and see, I have examined him before you, and found no basis for a charge against this man concerning those things of which you accuse him.
- Luke 23:56 κατὰ prep They returned, and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.
John 8 verses
- John 2:6 κατὰ prep Now there were six water pots of stone set there after the Jews' manner of purifying, containing two or three metretes apiece.
- John 7:24 κατ’ prep Don't judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment."
- John 8:9 καθ’ prep They, when they heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning from the oldest, even to the last. Jesus was left alone with the woman where she was, in the middle.
- John 8:15 κατὰ prep You judge according to the flesh. I judge no one.
- John 10:3 κατ’ prep The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.
- John 18:31 κατὰ prep Pilate therefore said to them, "Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law." Therefore the Jews said to him, "It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death,"
- John 19:7 κατὰ prep The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God."
- John 19:11 κατ’ prep Jesus answered, "You would have no power at all against me, unless it were given to you from above. Therefore he who delivered me to you has greater sin."
Acts 84 verses
- Acts 2:10 κατὰ prep Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, the parts of Libya around Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,
- Acts 2:46 καθ’ κατ’ prep prep Day by day, continuing steadfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart,
- Acts 2:47 καθ’ prep praising God, and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved.
- Acts 3:2 καθ’ prep A certain man who was lame from his mother's womb was being carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask gifts for the needy of those who entered into the temple.
- Acts 3:13 κατὰ prep The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up, and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had determined to release him.
- Acts 3:17 κατὰ prep "Now, brothers, I know that you did this in ignorance, as did also your rulers.
- Acts 3:22 κατὰ prep For Moses indeed said to the fathers, 'The Lord God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him in all things whatever he says to you.
- Acts 4:26 κατὰ κατὰ prep prep The kings of the earth take a stand, And the rulers take council together, Against the Lord, and against his Christ.'
- Acts 5:42 κατ’ prep Every day, in the temple and at home, they never stopped teaching and preaching Jesus, the Christ.
- Acts 6:13 κατὰ prep and set up false witnesses who said, "This man never stops speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.
- Acts 7:44 κατὰ prep "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 8:1 κατὰ prep Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.
- Acts 8:3 κατὰ prep But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into every house, and dragged both men and women off to prison.
- Acts 8:26 κατὰ prep But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, "Arise, and go toward the south to the way that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza. This is a desert."
- Acts 8:36 κατὰ prep As they went on the way, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "Behold, here is water. What is keeping me from being baptized?"
- Acts 9:31 καθ’ prep So the assemblies throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.
- Acts 9:42 καθ’ prep And it became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.
- Acts 10:37 καθ’ prep that spoken word you yourselves know, which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;
- Acts 11:1 κατὰ prep Now the apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.
- Acts 12:1 Κατ’ prep Now about that time, Herod the king stretched out his hands to oppress some of the assembly.
- Acts 13:1 κατὰ prep Now in the assembly that was at Antioch there were some prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
- Acts 13:22 κατὰ prep When he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also testified, 'I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will.'
- Acts 13:23 κατ’ prep From this man's seed, God has brought salvation to Israel according to his promise,
- Acts 13:27 κατὰ prep For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they didn't know him, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.
- Acts 13:49 καθ’ prep The Lord's word was spread abroad throughout all the region.
- Acts 14:1 κατὰ prep It happened in Iconium that they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke that a great multitude both of Jews and of Greeks believed.
- Acts 14:2 κατὰ prep But the disbelieving Jews stirred up and embittered the souls of the Gentiles against the brothers.
- Acts 14:23 κατ’ prep When they had appointed elders for them in every assembly, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.
- Acts 15:11 καθ’ prep But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they are."
- Acts 15:21 κατὰ κατὰ prep prep For Moses from generations of old has in every city those who preach him, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath."
- Acts 15:23 κατὰ prep They wrote these things by their hand: "The apostles, the elders, and the brothers, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: greetings.
- Acts 15:36 κατὰ prep After some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Let's return now and visit our brothers in every city in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing."
- Acts 16:5 καθ’ prep So the assemblies were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.
- Acts 16:7 κατὰ prep When they had come opposite Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit didn't allow them.
- Acts 16:22 κατ’ prep The multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates tore their clothes off of them, and commanded them to be beaten with rods.
- Acts 16:25 κατὰ prep But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
- Acts 17:2 κατὰ prep Paul, as was his custom, went in to them, and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
- Acts 17:11 καθ’ prep Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.
- Acts 17:17 κατὰ prep So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who met him.
- Acts 17:22 κατὰ prep Paul stood in the middle of the Areopagus, and said, "You men of Athens, I perceive that you are very religious in all things.
- Acts 17:28 καθ’ prep 'For in him we live, and move, and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'For we are also his offspring.'
- Acts 18:4 κατὰ prep He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.
- Acts 18:14 κατὰ prep But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked crime, you Jews, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you;
- Acts 18:15 καθ’ prep but if they are questions about words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves. For I don't want to be a judge of these matters."
- Acts 19:9 καθ’ prep But when some were hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.
- Acts 19:16 κατ’ prep The man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
- Acts 19:20 κατὰ prep So the word of the Lord was growing and becoming mighty.
- Acts 19:23 κατὰ prep About that time there arose no small stir concerning the Way.
- Acts 20:20 κατ’ prep how I didn't shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, teaching you publicly and from house to house,
- Acts 20:23 κατὰ prep except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions wait for me.
- Acts 21:19 καθ’ prep When he had greeted them, he reported one by one the things which God had worked among the Gentiles through his ministry.
- Acts 21:21 κατὰ prep They have been informed about you, that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children neither to walk after the customs.
- Acts 21:28 κατὰ prep crying out, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place. Moreover, he also brought Greeks into the temple, and has defiled this holy place!"
- Acts 22:3 κατὰ prep "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.
- Acts 22:12 κατὰ prep One Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews who lived in Damascus,
- Acts 22:19 κατὰ prep I said, 'Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you.
- Acts 23:3 κατὰ prep Then Paul said to him, "God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit to judge me according to the law, and command me to be struck contrary to the law?"
- Acts 23:19 κατ’ prep The commanding officer took him by the hand, and going aside, asked him privately, "What is it that you have to tell me?"
- Acts 23:31 κατὰ prep So the soldiers, carrying out their orders, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.
- Acts 24:1 κατὰ prep After five days, the high priest, Ananias, came down with certain elders and an orator, one Tertullus. They informed the governor against Paul.
- Acts 24:5 κατὰ prep For we have found this man to be a plague, an instigator of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
- Acts 24:12 κατὰ prep In the temple they didn't find me disputing with anyone or stirring up a crowd, either in the synagogues, or in the city.
- Acts 24:14 κατὰ κατὰ prep prep But this I confess to you, that after the Way, which they call a sect, so I serve the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets;
- Acts 24:22 καθ’ prep But Felix, having more exact knowledge concerning the Way, deferred them, saying, "When Lysias, the commanding officer, comes down, I will decide your case."
- Acts 25:2 κατὰ prep Then the high priest and the principal men of the Jews informed him against Paul, and they begged him,
- Acts 25:3 κατ’ κατὰ prep prep asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem; plotting to kill him on the way.
- Acts 25:14 κατὰ prep As he stayed there many days, Festus laid Paul's case before the king, saying, "There is a certain man left a prisoner by Felix;
- Acts 25:15 κατ’ prep about whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, asking for a sentence against him.
- Acts 25:16 κατὰ prep To whom I answered that it is not the custom of the Romans to give up any man to destruction, before the accused has met the accusers face to face, and has had opportunity to make his defense concerning the matter laid against him.
- Acts 25:23 κατ’ prep So on the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice had come with great pomp, and they had entered into the place of hearing with the commanding officers and principal men of the city, at the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.
- Acts 25:27 κατ’ prep For it seems to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not to also specify the charges against him."
- Acts 26:3 κατὰ prep especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.
- Acts 26:5 κατὰ prep having known me from the first, if they are willing to testify, that after the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
- Acts 26:11 κατὰ prep Punishing them often in all the synagogues, I tried to make them blaspheme. Being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
- Acts 26:13 κατὰ prep at noon, O King, I saw on the way a light from the sky, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who traveled with me.
- Acts 27:2 κατὰ prep Embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to places on the coast of Asia, we put to sea; Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.
- Acts 27:5 κατὰ prep When we had sailed across the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.
- Acts 27:7 κατὰ κατὰ prep prep When we had sailed slowly many days, and had come with difficulty opposite Cnidus, the wind not allowing us further, we sailed under the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.
- Acts 27:12 κατὰ κατὰ prep prep Because the haven was not suitable to winter in, the majority advised going to sea from there, if by any means they could reach Phoenix, and winter there, which is a port of Crete, looking northeast and southeast.
- Acts 27:14 κατ’ prep But before long, a tempestuous wind beat down from shore, which is called Euroclydon.
- Acts 27:25 καθ’ prep Therefore, sirs, cheer up! For I believe God, that it will be just as it has been spoken to me.
- Acts 27:27 κατὰ prep But when the fourteenth night had come, as we were driven back and forth in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors surmised that they were drawing near to some land.
- Acts 27:29 κατὰ prep Fearing that we would run aground on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for daylight.
- Acts 28:16 καθ’ prep When we entered into Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard, but Paul was allowed to stay by himself with the soldier who guarded him.
Romans 43 verses
- Romans 1:3 κατὰ prep concerning his Son, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh,
- Romans 1:4 κατὰ prep who was declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,
- Romans 1:15 κατ’ prep So, as much as is in me, I am eager to preach the Gospel to you also who are in Rome.
- Romans 2:2 κατὰ prep We know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who practice such things.
- Romans 2:5 κατὰ prep But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God;
- Romans 2:6 κατὰ prep who "will pay back to everyone according to their works:"
- Romans 2:7 καθ’ prep to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and incorruptibility, eternal life;
- Romans 2:16 κατὰ prep in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Gospel, by Jesus Christ.
- Romans 3:2 κατὰ prep Much in every way! Because first of all, they were entrusted with the oracles of God.
- Romans 3:5 κατὰ prep But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what will we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? I speak like men do.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
κατα — transliterated katá — is a Greek preposition carrying the sense “down.” The King James Version usually renders it “according,” while modern versions prefer “according to” (Berean Standard Bible) — see the renderings breakdown. With 428 verses in 26 books, it is a common word in the Greek New Testament. Debuting at Matthew 1:20, it then recurs through the corpus. Thayer's distinguishes 2 senses for it. See the sense tree, 428-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G2596 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 →
- 428
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 428 distinct verses.
- 26 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 26 of 27 New Testament books.
- #42
- by frequency
- Top 50 most frequent Greek words (rank 42 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 428 occurrences in the concordance →
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 428 distinct verses.
- Pauline corpus 170 verses · 40%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 127 verses · 30%
- Gospels 106 verses · 25%
- Hebrews 36 verses · 8%
- General (Catholic) Epistles 23 verses · 5%
- Johannine 20 verses · 5%
- Revelation 9 verses · 2%
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: According 59×, After 57×, Against 52×
- American Standard Version: According to 92×, Against 52×, After 49×
- Berean Standard Bible: According to 65×, Against 45×, In 41×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: According to 212×, Against 57×, By 35×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G2596 across 459 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 59 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 23 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G2596 across 430 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 76 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 G2596 across 382 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 56 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 39 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G2596 across 477 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 35 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 2 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.
- down from, through out
- according to, toward, along
Word origin
Origin: a primary particle
A primary particle; (preposition) down (in place or time) in varied relations (according to the case [genitive dative or accusative] with which it is joined)i : - 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 .
— Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain.
Forms in the corpus
The 6 distinct written forms G2596 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that case’s occurrences in the concordance.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| κατὰ katà | Preposition | Matthew 2:16 | 320 |
| κατ’ kat | Preposition | Matthew 1:20 | 83 |
| καθ’ kath | Preposition | Matthew 5:11 | 61 |
| Κατὰ Katà | Preposition | Matthew 9:29 | 5 |
| Κατ’ Kat | Preposition | Acts 12:1 | 1 |
| κατά katá | Preposition | Mark 11:25 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G2596, 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.
Derived from this word
- 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
- καθως kathṓs G2531 according as
- 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
+104 more words derive from G2596 (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 κατα appears 1,606 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 1,281 verses in 34 books.
- 1,606
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 1,281
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 34 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 34 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Genesis 1:11 κατά
- Exodus 1:14 κατά
- Leviticus 1:6 κατά
- Numbers 1:2 κατά
- Deuteronomy 1:3 κατά
- Joshua 1:11 κατά
- Judges 1:15 κατά
- Ruth 3:6 κατά
- 1 Samuel 1:6 κατά
- 2 Samuel 1:16 κατά
- 1 Kings 1:23 κατά
- 2 Kings 1:17 κατά
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G2596) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 1,281. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 1:11 κατά God said, "Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with its seed in it, on the earth," and it was so.
- Genesis 1:12 κατά The earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with its seed in it, after their kind: and God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:20 κατά God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky."
- Genesis 1:21 κατά God created the large sea creatures, and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:24 κατά God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind," and it was so.
- Genesis 1:25 κατά God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:26 κατά God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."
- Genesis 1:27 κατά God created man in his own image. In God's image he created him; male and female he created them.
- Genesis 2:8 κατά Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
- Genesis 2:18 κατά Yahweh God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him."
- Genesis 5:1 κατά This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him in God's likeness.
- Genesis 5:3 κατά Adam lived one hundred thirty years, and became the father of a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.
- Genesis 6:20 κατά Of the birds after their kind, of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort shall come to you, to keep them alive.
- Genesis 7:14 κατά they, and every animal after its kind, all the cattle after their kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort.
- Genesis 8:19 κατά Every animal, every creeping thing, and every bird, whatever moves on the earth, after their families, went forth out of the ark.
- Genesis 10:5 κατά Of these were the isles of the nations divided in their lands, everyone after his language, after their families, in their nations.
- Genesis 10:20 κατά These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their languages, in their lands, in their nations.
- Genesis 10:31 κατά These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their languages, in their lands, after their nations.
- Genesis 10:32 κατά These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations. Of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
- Genesis 12:8 κατά He left from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to Yahweh, and called on the name of Yahweh.
- Genesis 15:8 κατά He said, "Lord Yahweh, how will I know that I will inherit it?"
- Genesis 16:12 κατά He will be like a wild donkey among men. His hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him. He will live opposite all of his brothers."
- Genesis 18:10 κατά He said, "I will certainly return to you when the season comes round. Behold, Sarah your wife will have a son." Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.
- Genesis 18:21 κατά I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come to me. If not, I will know."
- Genesis 20:6 κατά God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also withheld you from sinning against me. Therefore I didn't allow you to touch her.
- Genesis 21:14 κατά Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and gave her the child, and sent her away. She departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
- Genesis 21:23 κατά Now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son. But according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have lived as a foreigner."
- Genesis 22:16 κατά and said, "I have sworn by myself, says Yahweh, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son,
- Genesis 23:17 κατά So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the border of it round about, were made sure
- Genesis 24:1 κατά Abraham was old, and well stricken in age. Yahweh had blessed Abraham in all things.
- Genesis 24:28 κατά The young lady ran, and told her mother's house about these words.
- Genesis 24:62 κατά Isaac came from the way of Beer Lahai Roi. For he lived in the land of the South.
- Genesis 25:13 κατά These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to the order of their birth: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
- Genesis 25:16 κατά These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments: twelve princes, according to their nations.
- Genesis 25:18 κατά They lived from Havilah to Shur that is before Egypt, as you go toward Assyria. He lived opposite all his relatives.
- Genesis 26:18 κατά Isaac dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father. For the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham. He called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
- Genesis 29:12 κατά Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son. She ran and told her father.
- Genesis 30:34 κατά Laban said, "Behold, I desire it to be according to your word."
- Genesis 30:40 κατά Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the streaked and all the black in the flock of Laban: and he put his own droves apart, and didn't put them into Laban's flock.
- Genesis 30:41 κατά It happened, whenever the stronger of the flock conceived, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods;
- Genesis 31:11 κατά The angel of God said to me in the dream, 'Jacob,' and I said, 'Here I am.'
- Genesis 31:24 κατά God came to Laban, the Syrian, in a dream of the night, and said to him, "Take heed to yourself that you don't speak to Jacob either good or bad."
- Genesis 31:35 κατά She said to her father, "Don't let my lord be angry that I can't rise up before you; for the manner of women is on me." He searched, but didn't find the teraphim.
- Genesis 31:53 κατά The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us." Then Jacob swore by the fear of his father, Isaac.
- Genesis 32:17 κατά He commanded the foremost, saying, "When Esau, my brother, meets you, and asks you, saying, 'Whose are you? Where are you going? Whose are these before you?'
- Genesis 32:20 κατά You shall say, 'Not only that, but behold, your servant, Jacob, is behind us.'" For, he said, "I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will accept me."
- Genesis 32:22 κατά He rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok.
- Genesis 33:14 κατά Please let my lord pass over before his servant: and I will lead on gently, according to the pace of the cattle that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord to Seir."
- Genesis 33:18 κατά Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan Aram; and encamped before the city.
- Genesis 34:3 κατά His soul joined to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young lady, and spoke kindly to the young lady.
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G2596) 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.
