κατά
kata
κατά (bef. a vowel κατ᾽, καθ᾽; on the frequently neglect of elision, see Tdf., Pr., 95; WH, App., 146a),
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;
(c) 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.;
(c) 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.;
(c) 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)
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
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Concordance 430 verses
- Acts 18:15 καθ’
But since it is a dispute about words and names and your own law, settle it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of such things.”
- Acts 19:9 καθ’
But when some of them stubbornly refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way, Paul took his disciples and left the synagogue to conduct daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.
- Acts 19:16 κατ’
Then the man with the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. The attack was so violent that they ran out of the house naked and wounded.
- Acts 19:20 κατὰ
So the word of the Lord powerfully continued to spread and prevail.
- Acts 19:23 κατὰ
About that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way.
- Acts 20:20 κατ’
I did not shrink back from declaring anything that was helpful to you as I taught you publicly and from house to house,
- Acts 20:23 κατὰ
I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.
- Acts 21:19 καθ’
Paul greeted them and recounted one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
- Acts 21:21 κατὰ
But they are under the impression that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or observe our customs.
- Acts 21:28 κατὰ
crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”
- Acts 22:3 κατὰ
“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I am just as zealous for God as any of you here today.
- Acts 22:12 κατὰ
There a man named Ananias, a devout observer of the law who was highly regarded by all the Jews living there,
- Acts 22:19 κατὰ
‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘they know very well that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in You.
- Acts 23:3 κατὰ
Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit here to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck.”
- Acts 23:19 κατ’
The commander took the young man by the hand, drew him aside, and asked, “What do you need to tell me?”
- Acts 23:31 κατὰ
So the soldiers followed their orders and brought Paul by night to Antipatris.
- Acts 24:1 κατὰ
Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, who presented to the governor their case against Paul.
- Acts 24:5 κατὰ
We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,
- Acts 24:12 κατὰ
Yet my accusers did not find me debating with anyone in the temple or riling up a crowd in the synagogues or in the city.
- Acts 24:14 κατὰκατὰ
I do confess to you, however, that I worship the God of our fathers according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets,
- Acts 24:22 καθ’
Then Felix, who was well informed about the Way, adjourned the hearing and said, “When Lysias the commander comes, I will decide your case.”
- Acts 25:2 κατὰ
where the chief priests and Jewish leaders presented their case against Paul. They urged Festus
- Acts 25:3 κατ’κατὰ
to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.
- Acts 25:14 κατὰ
Since they were staying several days, Festus laid out Paul’s case before the king: “There is a certain man whom Felix left in prison.
- Acts 25:15 κατ’
While I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and elders of the Jews presented their case and requested a judgment against him.
- Acts 25:16 κατὰ
I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand a man over before he has had an opportunity to face his accusers and defend himself against their charges.
- Acts 25:23 κατ’
The next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the auditorium, along with the commanders and leading men of the city. And Festus ordered that Paul be brought in.
- Acts 25:27 κατ’
For it seems unreasonable to me to send on a prisoner without specifying the charges against him.”
- Acts 26:3 κατὰ
especially since you are acquainted with all the Jewish customs and controversies. I beg you, therefore, to listen to me patiently.
- Acts 26:5 κατὰ
They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I lived as a Pharisee, adhering to the strictest sect of our religion.
- Acts 26:11 κατὰ
I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.
- Acts 26:13 κατὰ
About noon, O king, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and my companions.
- Acts 27:2 κατὰ
We boarded an Adramyttian ship about to sail for ports along the coast of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.
- Acts 27:5 κατὰ
And when we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.
- Acts 27:7 κατὰκατὰ
After sailing slowly for many days, we arrived off Cnidus. When the wind impeded us, we sailed to the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.
- Acts 27:12 κατὰκατὰ
Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to sail on, if somehow they could reach Phoenix to winter there. Phoenix was a harbor in Crete facing both southwest and northwest.
- Acts 27:14 κατ’
But it was not long before a cyclone called the Northeaster swept down across the island.
- Acts 27:25 καθ’
So take courage, men, for I believe God that it will happen just as He told me.
- Acts 27:27 κατὰ
On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea. About midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land.
- Acts 27:29 κατὰ
Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.
- Acts 28:16 καθ’
When we arrived in Rome, Paul was permitted to stay by himself, with a soldier to guard him.
- Romans 1:3 κατὰ
regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh,
- Romans 1:4 κατὰ
and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by His resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.
- Romans 1:15 κατ’
That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.
- Romans 2:2 κατὰ
And we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth.
- Romans 2:5 Κατὰ
But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
- Romans 2:6 κατὰ
God “will repay each one according to his deeds.”
- Romans 2:7 καθ’
To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.
- Romans 2:16 κατὰ
on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.
- Romans 3:2 κατὰ
Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.
