Kata κατά
| κατά | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | kata |
| Strong's number | G2596 |
| Language | Greek |
| Part of speech | preposition |
| Gloss | according to |
| Occurrences | 484 in 439 verses |
| Most frequent in | Acts (86) |
Kata (Greek κατά, Strong's G2596) is a Greek preposition meaning “according to”. It occurs 484 times in 439 verses of the New Testament.
Definition
prep. with genitive, accusative,
down, downwards.
I. C. genitive (WM, §47, k; Bl., §42, 2).
1. C. genitive of thing(s), in local sense;
(a) down, down from: Mat.8:32, Mrk.5:13, Luk.8:33, 1Co.11:4;
(b) throughout (late usage; Bl, l.with): κ. ὅλης κ.τ.λ., Luk.4:14 23:5, Act.9:31 10:37;
(with) in a peculiar adjectival phrase: ἡ κ. βάθους, deep or extreme poverty, 2Co.8:2.
2. C. genitive of person(s), usually in hostile sense;
(a) against (in cl. only after verbs of speaking, witnessing, etc.): opposite to ὑπέρ, Mrk.9:40; μετά, Mat.12:30; after ἐπιθυμεῖν, Gal.5:17; λαλεῖν, Act.6:13; διδάσκειν, Act.21:28; ψεύδεσθαι, Jas.3:14; after verbs of accusing, etc., Mat.5:23, Luk.23:14, Rom.8:33, al.; verbs of fighting, prevailing, etc., Mat.10:35, Act.14:2, 1Co.4:6, al.;
(b) of swearing, by: όμνυμι κ. (BL, §34, 1), He 6:13,16, cf. Mat.26:63.
II. C. accusative (WM, §49d; BL, §42, 2).
1. Of motion or direction;
(a) through, throughout: Luk.8:39 9:6 10:4, Act.8:1, 36 al.;
(b) to, towards, over against: Luk.10:32 (Field, Notes, 62), Act.2:1o 16:7, Gal.2:11, Php.3:14, al.;
(with) in adverbial phrases, at, in, by, of: κατ᾽ οἶκον, at home, Act.2:46; κατ᾽ ἰδίαν (see: ἴδιος); καθ᾽ ἑαυτόν, Act.28:16, Rom.14:22, Jas.2:17; with pron. of person(s), Act.17:28 18:15, Rom.1:15, Eph.1:15, al.
2. Of time, at, during, about: Act.8:26 12:1 19:23, Rom.9:9 Heb.1:10, al.
3. Distributive;
(a) of place: κ. τόποὐς, Mat.24:7, al.; κ. πόλιν, Luk.8:1, 4 al.; κ. ἐκκλησίαν, Act.14:23.
(b) of time: κ. ἔτος, Luk.2:41; ἑορτήν, Mat.27:15, al.;
(with) of numbers, etc.: καθ᾽ ἕνα πάντες, 1Co.14:31 (on καθ᾽ εἷς, see: εἷς); κ. ἑκατόν, Mrk.6:40; κ. μέρος, Heb.9:5; κ. ὄνομα, Jhn.10:3.
4. Of fitness, reference, conformity, etc.;
(a) in relation to, concerning: Rom.1:3, 4 7:22 9:3, 5, 1Co.12:6 10:18, Php.1:12; κ. πάντα, Act.17:22, Col.3:20, 22 Heb.2:17 4:15;
(b) according to, after, like: Mrk.7:5, Luk.2:27, 29 Jhn.7:24 Rom.8:4 14:15, Eph.2:2, Col.2:8, Jas.2:8, al.
III. In composition, κ. denotes,
1. down, down from (καταβαίνω), etc.), hence, metaphorically;
(a) victory or rule over (καταδουλόω, -κυριεύω, etc.);
(b) "perfective" action (M, Pr., 111ff.).
2. under (κατακαλύπτω), etc.).
3. in succession (καθεξῆς).
4. after, behind (καταλείπω).
5. Hostility, against (καταλαλέω).
(AS)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | after (62), against (60), every (13), according (10), throughout (7), through (5), concerning (5), down (3), about (3), toward (3), touching (3), before (2), and 26 other renderings |
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| BSB | according (63), against (46), every (12), about (8), throughout (6), out (5), after (4), over (4), along (4), through (4), because (4), just (4), and 66 other renderings |
Verses
Kata occurs in 439 verses, listed here by reference.
Matthew (33): 1:20, 2:12, 2:13, 2:16, 2:19, 2:22, 5:11, 5:23, 8:32, 9:29, 10:35, 12:14, 12:25, 12:30, 12:32, 14:13, 14:23, 16:27, 17:1, 17:19, 19:3, 20:11, 20:17, 23:3, 24:3, 24:7, 25:15, 26:55, 26:59, 26:63, 27:1, 27:15, 27:19
Mark (23): 1:27, 3:6, 4:10, 4:34, 5:13, 6:31, 6:32, 6:40, 7:5, 7:33, 9:2, 9:28, 9:40, 11:25, 13:3, 13:8, 14:3, 14:19, 14:49, 14:55, 14:56, 14:57, 15:6
Luke (44): 1:9, 1:18, 1:38, 2:22, 2:24, 2:27, 2:29, 2:31, 2:39, 2:41, 2:42, 4:14, 4:16, 6:23, 6:26, 8:1, 8:4, 8:33, 8:39, 9:6, 9:10, 9:18, 9:23, 9:50, 10:4, 10:23, 10:31, 10:32, 10:33, 11:3, 11:23, 13:22, 15:14, 16:19, 17:30, 19:47, 21:11, 22:22, 22:39, 22:53, 23:5, 23:14, 23:17, 23:56
John (11): 2:6, 5:4, 7:24, 8:9, 8:15, 10:3, 18:29, 18:31, 19:7, 19:11, 21:25
Acts (86): 2:10, 2:30, 2:46, 2:47, 3:2, 3:13, 3:17, 3:22, 4:26, 5:42, 6:13, 7:44, 8:1, 8:3, 8:26, 8:36, 9:31, 9:42, 10:37, 11:1, 12:1, 13:1, 13:22, 13:23, 13:27, 14:1, 14:2, 14:23, 15:11, 15:21, 15:23, 15:36, 16:5, 16:7, 16:22, 16:25, 17:2, 17:11, 17:17, 17:22, 17:28, 18:4, 18:14, 18:15, 19:9, 19:16, 19:20, 19:23, 20:20, 20:23, 21:19, 21:21, 21:28, 22:3, 22:12, 22:19, 23:3, 23:19, 23:31, 24:1, 24:5, 24:6, 24:12, 24:14, 24:22, 25:2, 25:3, 25:7, 25:14, 25:15, 25:16, 25:23, 25:27, 26:3, 26:5, 26:11, 26:13, 27:2, 27:5, 27:7, 27:12, 27:14, 27:25, 27:27, 27:29, 28:16
Romans (44): 1:3, 1:4, 1:15, 2:2, 2:5, 2:6, 2:7, 2:16, 3:2, 3:5, 4:1, 4:4, 4:16, 4:18, 5:6, 7:13, 7:22, 8:1, 8:4, 8:5, 8:12, 8:13, 8:27, 8:28, 8:31, 8:33, 9:3, 9:5, 9:9, 9:11, 10:2, 11:2, 11:5, 11:21, 11:24, 11:28, 12:5, 12:6, 14:15, 14:22, 15:5, 16:5, 16:25, 16:26
1 Corinthians (23): 1:26, 2:1, 3:3, 3:8, 3:10, 4:6, 7:6, 7:40, 9:8, 10:18, 11:4, 12:8, 12:31, 14:27, 14:31, 14:40, 15:3, 15:4, 15:15, 15:31, 15:32, 16:2, 16:19
2 Corinthians (25): 1:8, 1:17, 4:13, 4:17, 5:16, 7:9, 7:10, 7:11, 8:2, 8:3, 8:8, 10:1, 10:2, 10:3, 10:5, 10:7, 10:13, 10:15, 11:15, 11:17, 11:18, 11:21, 11:28, 13:8, 13:10
Galatians (14): 1:4, 1:11, 1:13, 2:2, 2:11, 3:1, 3:15, 3:21, 3:29, 4:23, 4:28, 4:29, 5:17, 5:23
Ephesians (20): 1:5, 1:7, 1:9, 1:11, 1:15, 1:19, 2:2, 3:3, 3:7, 3:11, 3:16, 3:20, 4:7, 4:16, 4:22, 4:24, 5:33, 6:5, 6:6, 6:21
Philippians (9): 1:12, 1:20, 2:3, 3:5, 3:6, 3:14, 3:21, 4:11, 4:19
Colossians (11): 1:11, 1:25, 1:29, 2:8, 2:14, 2:22, 3:10, 3:20, 3:22, 4:7, 4:15
2 Thessalonians (4): 1:12, 2:3, 2:9, 3:6
1 Timothy (6): 1:1, 1:11, 1:18, 5:19, 5:21, 6:3
2 Timothy (6): 1:1, 1:8, 1:9, 2:8, 4:3, 4:14
Titus (7): 1:1, 1:3, 1:4, 1:5, 1:9, 3:5, 3:7
Hebrews (37): 1:10, 2:4, 2:17, 3:3, 3:8, 3:13, 4:15, 5:6, 5:10, 6:13, 6:16, 6:20, 7:5, 7:11, 7:15, 7:16, 7:17, 7:20, 7:21, 7:22, 7:27, 8:4, 8:5, 8:9, 9:5, 9:9, 9:19, 9:22, 9:25, 9:27, 10:1, 10:3, 10:8, 10:11, 11:7, 11:13, 12:10
James (5): 2:8, 2:17, 3:9, 3:14, 5:9
1 Peter (10): 1:2, 1:3, 1:15, 1:17, 2:11, 3:7, 4:6, 4:14, 4:19, 5:2
2 Peter (4): 2:11, 3:3, 3:13, 3:15
1 John (1): 5:14
2 John (1): 1:6
3 John (1): 1:15
Revelation (9): 2:4, 2:14, 2:20, 2:23, 4:8, 18:6, 20:12, 20:13, 22:2
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).