κατά
down
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G2596
Strong's Greek
katá
Transliteration
/kat-ah'/
Pronunciation
Usage in the GNT
471
appearances
Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Thayer Definition
1. down from, through out
2. according to, toward, along
Strong's concordance entry
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 .
Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Preposition
- A relational word governing a noun in a particular case.
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Romans 43 verses
- Romans 4:1 κατὰ prep What then will we say that Abraham, our forefather, has found according to the flesh?
- Romans 4:4 κατὰ κατὰ prep prep Now to him who works, the reward is not counted as grace, but as debt.
- Romans 4:16 κατὰ prep For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.
- Romans 4:18 κατὰ prep Who in hope believed against hope, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, "So will your seed be."
- Romans 5:6 κατὰ prep For while we were yet weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
- Romans 7:13 καθ’ prep Did then that which is good become death to me? May it never be! But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, by working death to me through that which is good; that through the commandment sin might become exceeding sinful.
- Romans 7:22 κατὰ prep For I delight in God's law after the inward man,
- Romans 8:4 κατὰ κατὰ prep prep that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
- Romans 8:5 κατὰ κατὰ prep prep For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.
- Romans 8:12 κατὰ prep So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
- Romans 8:13 κατὰ prep For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
- Romans 8:27 κατὰ prep He who searches the hearts knows what is on the Spirit's mind, because he makes intercession for the saints according to God.
- Romans 8:28 κατὰ prep We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.
- Romans 8:31 καθ’ prep What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- Romans 8:33 κατὰ prep Who could bring a charge against God's chosen ones? It is God who justifies.
- Romans 9:3 κατὰ prep For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers' sake, my relatives according to the flesh,
- Romans 9:5 κατὰ prep of whom are the fathers, and from whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever. Amen.
- Romans 9:9 κατὰ prep For this is a word of promise, "At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son."
- Romans 9:11 κατ’ prep For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,
- Romans 10:2 κατ’ prep For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
- Romans 11:2 κατὰ prep God didn't reject his people, which he foreknew. Or don't you know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel:
- Romans 11:5 κατ’ prep Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
- Romans 11:21 κατὰ prep for if God didn't spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.
- Romans 11:24 κατὰ κατὰ prep prep For if you were cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree, how much more will these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
- Romans 11:28 κατὰ κατὰ prep prep Concerning the Gospel, they are enemies for your sake. But concerning the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sake.
- Romans 12:5 καθ’ prep so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
- Romans 12:6 κατὰ κατὰ prep prep Having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us, if prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of our faith;
- Romans 14:15 κατὰ prep Yet if because of food your brother is grieved, you walk no longer in love. Don't destroy with your food him for whom Christ died.
- Romans 14:22 κατὰ prep Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. Happy is he who doesn't judge himself in that which he approves.
- Romans 15:5 κατὰ prep Now the God of patience and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus,
- Romans 16:5 κατ’ prep Greet the assembly that is in their house. Greet Epaenetus, my beloved, who is the first fruits of Achaia to Christ.
- Romans 16:25 κατὰ κατὰ prep prep
- Romans 16:26 κατ’ prep
1 Corinthians 23 verses
- 1 Corinthians 1:26 κατὰ prep For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble;
- 1 Corinthians 2:1 καθ’ prep When I came to you, brothers, I didn't come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.
- 1 Corinthians 3:3 κατὰ prep for you are still fleshly. For insofar as there is jealousy, strife, and factions among you, aren't you fleshly, and don't you walk in the ways of men?
- 1 Corinthians 3:8 κατὰ prep Now he who plants and he who waters are the same, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
- 1 Corinthians 3:10 Κατὰ prep According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each man be careful how he builds on it.
- 1 Corinthians 4:6 κατὰ prep Now these things, brothers, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us you might learn not to think beyond the things which are written, that none of you be puffed up against one another.
- 1 Corinthians 7:6 κατὰ κατ’ prep prep But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
- 1 Corinthians 7:40 κατὰ prep But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have God's Spirit.
- 1 Corinthians 9:8 κατὰ prep Do I speak these things according to the ways of men? Or doesn't the law also say the same thing?
- 1 Corinthians 10:18 κατὰ prep Consider Israel after the flesh. Don't those who eat the sacrifices have communion with the altar?
- 1 Corinthians 11:4 κατὰ prep Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonors his head.
- 1 Corinthians 12:8 κατὰ prep For to one is given through the Spirit the word of wisdom, and to another the word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit;
- 1 Corinthians 12:31 καθ’ prep But earnestly desire the best gifts. Moreover, I show a most excellent way to you.
- 1 Corinthians 14:27 κατὰ prep If any man speaks in another language, let it be two, or at the most three, and in turn; and let one interpret.
- 1 Corinthians 14:31 καθ’ prep For you all can prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be exhorted.
- 1 Corinthians 14:40 κατὰ prep Let all things be done decently and in order.
- 1 Corinthians 15:3 κατὰ prep For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
- 1 Corinthians 15:4 κατὰ prep that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
- 1 Corinthians 15:15 κατὰ prep Yes, we are found false witnesses of God, because we testified about God that he raised up Christ, whom he didn't raise up, if it is so that the dead are not raised.
- 1 Corinthians 15:31 καθ’ prep I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
- 1 Corinthians 15:32 κατὰ prep If I fought with animals at Ephesus for human purposes, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, then "let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."
- 1 Corinthians 16:2 κατὰ prep On the first day of the week, let each one of you save, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come.
- 1 Corinthians 16:19 κατ’ prep The assemblies of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla greet you much in the Lord, together with the assembly that is in their house.
2 Corinthians 25 verses
- 2 Corinthians 1:8 καθ’ prep For we don't desire to have you uninformed, brothers, concerning our affliction which happened to us in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, so much that we despaired even of life.
- 2 Corinthians 1:17 κατὰ prep When I therefore was thus determined, did I show fickleness? Or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be the "Yes, yes" and the "No, no?"
- 2 Corinthians 4:13 κατὰ prep But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, "I believed, and therefore I spoke." We also believe, and therefore also we speak;
- 2 Corinthians 4:17 καθ’ prep For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;
- 2 Corinthians 5:16 κατὰ κατὰ prep prep Therefore we know no one after the flesh from now on. Even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know him so no more.
- 2 Corinthians 7:9 κατὰ prep I now rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that you were made sorry to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly way, that you might suffer loss by us in nothing.
- 2 Corinthians 7:10 κατὰ prep For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world works death.
- 2 Corinthians 7:11 κατὰ prep For behold, this same thing, that you were made sorry in a godly way, what earnest care it worked in you. Yes, what defense, indignation, fear, longing, zeal, and vengeance! In everything you demonstrated yourselves to be pure in the matter.
- 2 Corinthians 8:2 κατὰ prep how that in much proof of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded to the riches of their liberality.
- 2 Corinthians 8:3 κατὰ prep For according to their power, I testify, yes and beyond their power, they gave of their own accord,
- 2 Corinthians 8:8 κατ’ prep I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.
- 2 Corinthians 10:1 κατὰ prep Now I Paul, myself, entreat you by the humility and gentleness of Christ; I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am of good courage toward you.
- 2 Corinthians 10:2 κατὰ prep Yes, I beg you that I may not, when present, show courage with the confidence with which I intend to be bold against some, who consider us to be walking according to the flesh.
- 2 Corinthians 10:3 κατὰ prep For though we walk in the flesh, we don't wage war according to the flesh;
- 2 Corinthians 10:5 κατὰ prep throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;
- 2 Corinthians 10:7 κατὰ prep 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 10:13 κατὰ prep But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you.
- 2 Corinthians 10:15 κατὰ prep not boasting beyond proper limits in other men's labors, but having hope that as your faith grows, we will be abundantly enlarged by you in our sphere of influence,
- 2 Corinthians 11:15 κατὰ prep It is no great thing therefore if his ministers also masquerade as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.
- 2 Corinthians 11:17 κατὰ prep That which I speak, I don't speak according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.
- 2 Corinthians 11:18 κατὰ prep Seeing that many boast after the flesh, I will also boast.
- 2 Corinthians 11:21 κατὰ prep I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. Yet however any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.
- 2 Corinthians 11:28 καθ’ prep Besides those things that are outside, there is that which presses on me daily, anxiety for all the assemblies.
- 2 Corinthians 13:8 κατὰ prep For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
- 2 Corinthians 13:10 κατὰ prep For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not deal sharply when present, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for tearing down.
Galatians 14 verses
- Galatians 1:4 κατὰ prep who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father--
- Galatians 1:11 κατὰ prep But I make known to you, brothers, concerning the Gospel which was preached by me, that it is not according to man.
- Galatians 1:13 καθ’ prep For you have heard of my way of living in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the assembly of God, and ravaged it.
- Galatians 2:2 κατὰ κατ’ prep prep I went up by revelation, and I laid before them the Gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were respected, for fear that I might be running, or had run, in vain.
- Galatians 2:11 κατὰ prep But when Peter came to Antioch, I resisted him to the face, because he stood condemned.
- Galatians 3:1 κατ’ prep Foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you not to obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly set forth among you as crucified?
- Galatians 3:15 κατὰ prep Brothers, I speak like men. Though it is only a man's covenant, yet when it has been confirmed, no one makes it void, or adds to it.
- Galatians 3:21 κατὰ prep Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could make alive, most assuredly righteousness would have been of the law.
- Galatians 3:29 κατὰ prep If you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed and heirs according to promise.
- Galatians 4:23 κατὰ prep However, the son by the handmaid was born according to the flesh, but the son by the free woman was born through promise.
- Galatians 4:28 κατὰ prep Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are children of promise.
- Galatians 4:29 κατὰ κατὰ prep prep But as then, he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.
- Galatians 5:17 κατὰ κατὰ prep prep For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one other, that you may not do the things that you desire.
- Galatians 5:23 κατὰ prep gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Ephesians 20 verses
- Ephesians 1:5 κατὰ prep having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,
- Ephesians 1:7 κατὰ prep in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
- Ephesians 1:9 κατὰ prep making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him
- Ephesians 1:11 κατὰ κατὰ prep prep in whom also we were assigned an inheritance, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his will;
- Ephesians 1:15 καθ’ prep For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which you have toward all the saints,
- Ephesians 1:19 κατὰ prep and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might
- Ephesians 2:2 κατὰ κατὰ prep prep in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience;
- Ephesians 3:3 κατὰ prep how that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before in few words,
- Ephesians 3:7 κατὰ κατὰ prep prep of which I was made a servant, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.
- Ephesians 3:11 κατὰ prep according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord;
- Ephesians 3:16 κατὰ prep that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;
- Ephesians 3:20 κατὰ prep Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
- Ephesians 4:7 κατὰ prep But to each one of us was the grace given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
- Ephesians 4:16 κατ’ prep from whom all the body, being fitted and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the working in measure of each individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself in love.
- Ephesians 4:22 κατὰ κατὰ prep prep that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit;
- Ephesians 4:24 κατὰ prep and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.
- Ephesians 5:33 καθ’ prep Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
- Ephesians 6:5 κατὰ prep Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ;
- Ephesians 6:6 κατ’ prep not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
- Ephesians 6:21 κατ’ prep But that you also may know my affairs, how I am doing, Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will make known to you all things;
Philippians 9 verses
- Philippians 1:12 κατ’ prep Now I desire to have you know, brothers, that the things which happened to me have turned out rather to the progress of the Gospel;
- Philippians 1:20 κατὰ prep according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will in no way be disappointed, but with all boldness, as always, now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.
- Philippians 2:3 κατ’ κατὰ prep prep doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;
- Philippians 3:5 κατὰ prep circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee;
- Philippians 3:6 κατὰ κατὰ prep prep concerning zeal, persecuting the assembly; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.
- Philippians 3:14 κατὰ prep I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
- Philippians 3:21 κατὰ prep who will change the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is able even to subject all things to himself.
- Philippians 4:11 καθ’ prep Not that I speak in respect to lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it.
- Philippians 4:19 κατὰ prep My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
Colossians 11 verses
- Colossians 1:11 κατὰ prep strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy;
- Colossians 1:25 κατὰ prep of which I was made a servant, according to the stewardship of God which was given me toward you, to fulfill the word of God,
- Colossians 1:29 κατὰ prep for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.
- Colossians 2:8 κατὰ κατὰ κατὰ prep prep prep Be careful that you don't let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ.
- Colossians 2:14 καθ’ prep wiping out the handwriting in ordinances which was against us; and he has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross;
- Colossians 2:22 κατὰ prep (all of which perish with use), according to the precepts and doctrines of men?
- Colossians 3:10 κατ’ prep and have put on the new man, that is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator,
- Colossians 3:20 κατὰ prep Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.
- Colossians 3:22 κατὰ κατὰ prep prep Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God.
- Colossians 4:7 κατ’ prep All my affairs will be made known to you by Tychicus, the beloved brother, faithful servant, and fellow bondservant in the Lord.
- Colossians 4:15 κατ’ prep Greet the brothers who are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the assembly that is in his house.
2 Thessalonians 4 verses
- 2 Thessalonians 1:12 κατὰ prep that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:3 κατὰ prep Let no one deceive you in any way. For it will not be, unless the departure comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction,
- 2 Thessalonians 2:9 κατ’ prep even he whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
- 2 Thessalonians 3:6 κατὰ prep Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion, and not after the tradition which they received from us.
1 Timothy 6 verses
- 1 Timothy 1:1 κατ’ prep Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Savior, and Christ Jesus our hope;
- 1 Timothy 1:11 κατὰ prep according to the Gospel of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
- 1 Timothy 1:18 κατὰ prep This charge I commit to you, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which led the way to you, that by them you may wage the good warfare;
- 1 Timothy 5:19 κατὰ prep Don't receive an accusation against an elder, except at the word of two or three witnesses.
- 1 Timothy 5:21 κατὰ prep I charge you in the sight of God, and Christ Jesus, and the chosen angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.
- 1 Timothy 6:3 κατ’ prep If anyone teaches a different doctrine, and doesn't consent to sound words, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness,
2 Timothy 6 verses
- 2 Timothy 1:1 κατ’ prep Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, according to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus,
- 2 Timothy 1:8 κατὰ prep Therefore don't be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship for the Gospel according to the power of God,
- 2 Timothy 1:9 κατὰ κατὰ prep prep who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,
- 2 Timothy 2:8 κατὰ prep Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my Gospel,
- 2 Timothy 4:3 κατὰ prep For the time will come when they will not listen to the sound doctrine, but, having itching ears, will heap up for themselves teachers after their own lusts;
- 2 Timothy 4:14 κατὰ prep Alexander, the coppersmith, did much evil to me. The Lord will repay him according to his works,
Titus 7 verses
- Titus 1:1 κατὰ κατ’ prep prep Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,
- Titus 1:3 κατ’ prep but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior;
- Titus 1:4 κατὰ prep to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.
- Titus 1:5 κατὰ prep I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you;
- Titus 1:9 κατὰ prep holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict those who contradict him.
- Titus 3:5 κατὰ prep not by works of righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,
- Titus 3:7 κατ’ prep that, being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Philemon 2 verses
Hebrews 36 verses
- Hebrews 1:10 κατ’ prep And, "You, Lord, in the beginning, laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the works of your hands.
- Hebrews 2:4 κατὰ prep God also bearing witness with them, both by signs and wonders, and by various works of power, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will?
- Hebrews 2:17 κατὰ prep Therefore he was obligated in all things to be made like his brothers, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.
- Hebrews 3:3 καθ’ prep For he has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who built the house has more honor than the house.
- Hebrews 3:8 κατὰ prep Don't harden your hearts, as in the provocation, Like as in the day of the trial in the wilderness,
- Hebrews 3:13 καθ’ prep but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called "today;" lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
- Hebrews 4:15 κατὰ καθ’ prep prep For we don't have a high priest who can't be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.
- Hebrews 5:6 κατὰ prep As he says also in another place, "You are a priest forever, After the order of Melchizedek."
- Hebrews 5:10 κατὰ prep named by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.
- Hebrews 6:13 κατ’ καθ’ prep prep For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he swore by himself,
- Hebrews 6:16 κατὰ prep For men indeed swear by a greater one, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.
- Hebrews 6:20 κατὰ prep where as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
- Hebrews 7:5 κατὰ prep They indeed of the sons of Levi who receive the priest's office have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brothers, though these have come out of the loins of Abraham,
- Hebrews 7:11 κατὰ κατὰ prep prep Now if there was perfection through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people have received the law), what further need was there for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
- Hebrews 7:15 κατὰ prep This is yet more abundantly evident, if after the likeness of Melchizedek there arises another priest,
- Hebrews 7:16 κατὰ κατὰ prep prep who has been made, not after the law of a fleshly commandment, but after the power of an endless life:
- Hebrews 7:17 κατὰ prep for it is testified, "You are a priest forever, According to the order of Melchizedek."
- Hebrews 7:20 καθ’ prep Inasmuch as he was not made priest without the taking of an oath
- Hebrews 7:22 κατὰ prep By so much has Jesus become the collateral of a better covenant.
- Hebrews 7:27 καθ’ prep who doesn't need, like those high priests, to daily offer up sacrifices, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. For this he did once for all, when he offered up himself.
- Hebrews 8:4 κατὰ prep For if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, seeing there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law;
- Hebrews 8:5 κατὰ prep 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 8:9 κατὰ prep Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers, In the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; For they didn't continue in my covenant, And I disregarded them," says the Lord.
- Hebrews 9:5 κατὰ prep and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat, of which things we can't now speak in detail.
- Hebrews 9:9 καθ’ κατὰ prep prep which is a symbol of the present age, where gifts and sacrifices are offered that are incapable, concerning the conscience, of making the worshipper perfect;
- Hebrews 9:19 κατὰ prep For when every commandment had been spoken by Moses to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,
- Hebrews 9:22 κατὰ prep According to the law, nearly everything is cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission.
- Hebrews 9:25 κατ’ prep nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest enters into the holy place year by year with blood not his own,
- Hebrews 9:27 καθ’ prep Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,
- Hebrews 10:1 κατ’ prep For the law, having a shadow of the good to come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near.
- Hebrews 10:3 κατ’ prep But in those sacrifices there is yearly reminder of sins.
- Hebrews 10:8 κατὰ prep Previously saying, "Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin you didn't desire, neither had pleasure in them" (those which are offered according to the law),
- Hebrews 10:11 καθ’ prep Every priest indeed stands day by day ministering and often offering the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins,
- Hebrews 11:7 κατὰ prep By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
- Hebrews 11:13 Κατὰ prep These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and embraced them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
- Hebrews 12:10 κατὰ prep For they indeed, for a few days, punished us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.
James 4 verses
- James 2:8 κατὰ prep However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well.
- James 2:17 καθ’ prep Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.
- James 3:9 καθ’ prep With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in the image of God.
- James 5:9 κατ’ prep Don't grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won't be judged. Behold, the judge stands at the door.
About this entry
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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.
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Modern gloss
down
Strong's 1890 sometimes compressed multiple senses — or homonymous roots — under one number, and used 19th-century English phrasing that no longer carries the same connotation. The modern gloss reflects current Thayer scholarship; open the Lexicon Entry tab for the full sense breakdown.
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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.
