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).
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Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
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Concordance 430 verses
- 2 Timothy 4:3 κατὰ
For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.
- 2 Timothy 4:14 κατὰ
Alexander the coppersmith did great harm to me. The Lord will repay him according to his deeds.
- Titus 1:1 κατὰκατ’
Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness,
- Titus 1:3 κατ’
In His own time He has made His word evident in the proclamation entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.
- Titus 1:4 κατὰ
To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
- Titus 1:5 κατὰ
The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.
- Titus 1:9 κατὰ
He must hold firmly to the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can encourage others by sound teaching and refute those who contradict it.
- Titus 3:5 κατὰ
He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
- Titus 3:7 κατ’
so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life.
- Philemon 1:2 κατ’
to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church that meets at your house:
- Philemon 1:14 κατὰκατὰ
But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness will not be out of compulsion, but by your own free will.
- Hebrews 1:10 κατ’
And: “In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
- Hebrews 2:4 κατὰ
and was affirmed by God through signs, wonders, various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to His will.
- Hebrews 2:17 κατὰ
For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.
- Hebrews 3:3 καθ’
For Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.
- Hebrews 3:8 κατὰ
do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness,
- Hebrews 3:13 καθ’
But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
- Hebrews 4:15 κατὰκαθ’
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.
- Hebrews 5:6 κατὰ
And in another passage God says: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
- Hebrews 5:10 κατὰ
and was designated by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek.
- Hebrews 6:13 κατ’καθ’
When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself,
- Hebrews 6:16 κατὰ
Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and their oath serves as a confirmation to end all argument.
- Hebrews 6:20 κατὰ
where Jesus our forerunner has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
- Hebrews 7:5 κατὰ
Now the law commands the sons of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers—though they too are descended from Abraham.
- Hebrews 7:11 κατὰκατὰ
Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear—one in the order of Melchizedek and not in the order of Aaron?
- Hebrews 7:15 κατὰ
And this point is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears,
- Hebrews 7:16 κατὰκατὰ
one who has become a priest not by a law of succession, but by the power of an indestructible life.
- Hebrews 7:17 κατὰ
For it is testified: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
- Hebrews 7:20 καθ’
And none of this happened without an oath. For others became priests without an oath,
- Hebrews 7:22 Κατὰ
Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.
- Hebrews 7:27 καθ’
Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself.
- Hebrews 8:4 κατὰ
Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer gifts according to the law.
- Hebrews 8:5 κατὰ
The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”
- Hebrews 8:9 κατὰ
It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them, declares the Lord.
- Hebrews 9:5 κατὰ
Above the ark were the cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.
- Hebrews 9:9 καθ’κατὰ
It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper.
- Hebrews 9:19 κατὰ
For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,
- Hebrews 9:22 κατὰ
According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
- Hebrews 9:25 κατ’
Nor did He enter heaven to offer Himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own.
- Hebrews 9:27 καθ’
Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,
- Hebrews 10:1 κατ’
For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.
- Hebrews 10:3 κατ’
Instead, those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins,
- Hebrews 10:8 κατὰ
In the passage above He says, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire, nor did You delight in them” (although they are offered according to the law).
- Hebrews 10:11 καθ’
Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
- Hebrews 11:7 κατὰ
By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
- Hebrews 11:13 Κατὰ
All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
- Hebrews 12:10 κατὰ
Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.
- James 2:8 κατὰ
If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
- James 2:17 καθ’
So too, faith by itself, if it does not result in action, is dead.
- James 3:9 καθ’
With the tongue we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness.