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; (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)
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G2596 — κατά
kata · according to · Greek
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Matthew 1:20 · κατ᾽But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.Matthew 2:12 · κατ᾽And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by another route.Matthew 2:13 · κατ᾽When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”Matthew 2:16 · κατὰWhen Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.Matthew 2:19 · κατ᾽After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt.Matthew 2:22 · κατ᾽But when he learned that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,Matthew 5:11 · καθ᾽Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.Matthew 5:23 · κατὰSo if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,Matthew 8:32 · κατὰ“Go!” He told them. So they came out and went into the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and died in the waters.Matthew 9:29 · κατὰThen He touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith will it be done to you.”Matthew 10:35 · κατὰ · κατὰ · κατὰFor I have come to turn ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.Matthew 12:14 · κατ᾽But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus.Matthew 12:25 · καθ᾽ · καθ᾽Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.Matthew 12:30 · κατ᾽He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.Matthew 12:32 · κατὰ · κατὰWhoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the one to come.Matthew 14:13 · κατ᾽When Jesus heard about John, He withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. But the crowds found out about it and followed Him on foot from the towns.Matthew 14:23 · κατ᾽After He had dismissed them, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. When evening came, He was there alone,Matthew 16:27 · κατὰFor the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.Matthew 17:1 · κατ᾽After six days Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.Matthew 17:19 · κατ᾽Afterward the disciples came to Jesus privately and asked, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”Matthew 19:3 · κατὰThen some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”Matthew 20:11 · κατὰOn receiving their pay, they began to grumble against the landowner.Matthew 20:17 · κατ᾽As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside and said,Matthew 23:3 · κατὰSo practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.Matthew 24:3 · κατ᾽While Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?”Matthew 24:7 · κατὰNation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.Matthew 25:15 · κατὰTo one he gave five talents, to another two talents, and to another one talent—each according to his own ability. And he went on his journey.Matthew 26:55 · καθ᾽At that time Jesus said to the crowd, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would an outlaw? Every day I sat teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest Me.Matthew 26:59 · κατὰNow the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.Matthew 26:63 · κατὰBut Jesus remained silent. Then the high priest said to Him, “I charge You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God.”Matthew 27:1 · κατὰWhen morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.Matthew 27:15 · ΚατὰNow it was the governor’s custom at the feast to release to the crowd a prisoner of their choosing.Matthew 27:19 · κατ᾽While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered terribly in a dream today because of Him.”Mark 1:27 · κατ᾽All the people were amazed and began to ask one another, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him!”Mark 3:6 · κατ᾽At this, the Pharisees went out and began plotting with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.Mark 4:10 · κατὰAs soon as Jesus was alone with the Twelve and those around Him, they asked Him about the parable.Mark 4:34 · κατ᾽He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.Mark 5:13 · κατὰHe gave them permission, and the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs, and the herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the water.Mark 6:31 · κατ᾽And He said to them, “Come with Me privately to a solitary place, and let us rest for a while.” For many people were coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.Mark 6:32 · κατ᾽So they went away in a boat by themselves to a solitary place.Mark 6:40 · κατὰ · κατὰSo they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties.Mark 7:5 · κατὰSo the Pharisees and scribes questioned Jesus: “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders? Instead, they eat with defiled hands.”Mark 7:33 · κατ᾽So Jesus took him aside privately, away from the crowd, and put His fingers into the man’s ears. Then He spit and touched the man’s tongue.Mark 9:2 · κατ᾽After six days Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There He was transfigured before them.Mark 9:28 · κατ᾽After Jesus had gone into the house, His disciples asked Him privately, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”Mark 9:40 · καθ᾽For whoever is not against us is for us.Mark 11:25 · κατάAnd when you stand to pray, if you hold anything against another, forgive it, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your trespasses as well.”Mark 13:3 · κατ᾽While Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked Him privately,Mark 13:8 · κατὰNation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, as well as famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.Mark 14:19 · κατὰThey began to be grieved and to ask Him one after another, “Surely not I?”Mark 14:49 · καθ᾽Every day I was with you, teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest Me. But this has happened that the Scriptures would be fulfilled.”Mark 14:55 · κατὰNow the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, but they did not find any.Mark 14:56 · κατ᾽For many bore false witness against Jesus, but their testimony was inconsistent.Mark 14:57 · κατ᾽Then some men stood up and testified falsely against Him:Mark 15:6 · κατὰNow it was Pilate’s custom at the feast to release to the people a prisoner of their choosing.Luke 1:9 · κατὰhe was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense.Luke 1:18 · κατὰ“How can I be sure of this?” Zechariah asked the angel. “I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.”Luke 1:38 · κατὰ“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May it happen to me according to your word.” Then the angel left her.Luke 2:22 · κατὰAnd when the time of purification according to the Law of Moses was complete, His parents brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the LordLuke 2:24 · κατὰand to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”Luke 2:27 · κατὰLed by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. And when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for Him what was customary under the Law,Luke 2:29 · κατὰ“Sovereign Lord, as You have promised, You now dismiss Your servant in peace.Luke 2:31 · κατὰwhich You have prepared in the sight of all people,Luke 2:39 · κατὰWhen Jesus’ parents had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.Luke 2:41 · κατ᾽Every year His parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover.Luke 2:42 · κατὰAnd when He was twelve years old, they went up according to the custom of the Feast.Luke 4:14 · καθ᾽Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and the news about Him spread throughout the surrounding region.Luke 4:16 · κατὰThen Jesus came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. As was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath. And when He stood up to read,Luke 6:23 · κατὰRejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For their fathers treated the prophets in the same way.Luke 6:26 · κατὰWoe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers treated the false prophets in the same way.Luke 8:1 · κατὰSoon afterward, Jesus traveled from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with Him,Luke 8:4 · κατὰWhile a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, He told them this parable:Luke 8:33 · κατὰThen the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.Luke 8:39 · καθ᾽“Return home and describe how much God has done for you.” So the man went away and proclaimed all over the town how much Jesus had done for him.Luke 9:6 · κατὰSo they set out and went from village to village, preaching the gospel and healing people everywhere.Luke 9:10 · κατ᾽Then the apostles returned and reported to Jesus all that they had done. Taking them away privately, He withdrew to a town called Bethsaida.Luke 9:18 · κατὰOne day as Jesus was praying in private and the disciples were with Him, He questioned them: “Who do the crowds say I am?”Luke 9:23 · καθ᾽Then Jesus said to all of them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me.Luke 9:50 · καθ᾽“Do not stop him,” Jesus replied, “for whoever is not against you is for you.”Luke 10:4 · κατὰCarry no purse or bag or sandals. Do not greet anyone along the road.Luke 10:23 · κατ᾽Then Jesus turned to the disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.Luke 10:31 · κατὰNow by chance a priest was going down the same road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.Luke 10:32 · κατὰSo too, when a Levite came to that spot and saw him, he passed by on the other side.Luke 10:33 · κατ᾽But a Samaritan on a journey came upon him, and when he saw him, he had compassion.Luke 11:3 · καθ᾽Give us each day our daily bread.Luke 11:23 · κατ᾽He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.Luke 13:22 · κατὰThen Jesus traveled throughout the towns and villages, teaching as He made His way toward Jerusalem.Luke 15:14 · κατὰAfter he had spent all he had, a severe famine swept through that country, and he began to be in need.Luke 16:19 · καθ᾽Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.Luke 17:30 · κατὰIt will be just like that on the day the Son of Man is revealed.Luke 19:47 · καθ᾽Jesus was teaching at the temple every day, but the chief priests, scribes, and leaders of the people were intent on killing Him.Luke 21:11 · κατὰThere will be great earthquakes, famines, and pestilences in various places, along with fearful sights and great signs from heaven.Luke 22:22 · κατὰIndeed, the Son of Man will go as it has been determined, but woe to that man who betrays Him.”Luke 22:39 · κατὰJesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed Him.Luke 22:53 · καθ᾽Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on Me. But this hour belongs to you and to the power of darkness.”Luke 23:5 · καθ᾽But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people all over Judea with His teaching. He began in Galilee and has come all the way here.”Luke 23:14 · κατ᾽and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was inciting the people to rebellion. I have examined Him here in your presence and found Him not guilty of your charges against Him.Luke 23:56 · κατὰThen they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.John 2:6 · κατὰNow six stone water jars had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to thirty gallons.John 7:24 · κατ᾽Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”John 8:15 · κατὰYou judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.John 10:3 · κατ᾽The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen for his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.John 18:29 · κατὰSo Pilate went out to them and asked, “What accusation are you bringing against this man?”John 18:31 · κατὰ“You take Him and judge Him by your own law,” Pilate told them. “We are not permitted to execute anyone,” the Jews replied.John 19:7 · κατὰ“We have a law,” answered the Jews, “and according to that law He must die, because He declared Himself to be the Son of God.”John 19:11 · κατ᾽Jesus answered, “You would have no authority over Me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed Me over to you is guilty of greater sin.”John 21:25 · καθ᾽There are many more things that Jesus did. If all of them were written down, I suppose that not even the world itself would have space for the books that would be written.Acts 2:10 · κατὰPhrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome,Acts 2:46 · καθ᾽ · κατ᾽With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart,Acts 2:47 · καθ᾽praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.Acts 3:2 · καθ᾽And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts.Acts 3:13 · κατὰThe God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.Acts 3:17 · κατὰAnd now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders.Acts 3:22 · κατὰFor Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He tells you.Acts 4:26 · κατὰ · κατὰThe kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.’Acts 5:42 · κατ᾽Every day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.Acts 6:13 · κατὰwhere they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.Acts 7:44 · κατὰOur fathers had the tabernacle of the Testimony with them in the wilderness. It was constructed exactly as God had directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.Acts 8:1 · κατὰAnd Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.Acts 8:3 · κατὰBut Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.Acts 8:26 · κατὰNow an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”Acts 8:36 · κατὰAs they traveled along the road and came to some water, the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is there to prevent me from being baptized?”Acts 9:31 · καθ᾽Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced a time of peace. It grew in strength and numbers, living in the fear of the Lord and the encouragement of the Holy Spirit.Acts 9:42 · καθ᾽This became known all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord.Acts 10:37 · καθ᾽You yourselves know what has happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee with the baptism that John proclaimed:Acts 11:1 · κατὰThe apostles and brothers throughout Judea soon heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.Acts 12:1 · Κατ᾽About that time, King Herod reached out to harm some who belonged to the church.Acts 13:1 · κατὰNow in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.Acts 13:22 · κατὰAfter removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its entirety.’Acts 13:23 · κατ᾽From the descendants of this man, God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as He promised.Acts 13:27 · κατὰThe people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.Acts 14:1 · κατὰAt Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue, where they spoke so well that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed.Acts 14:2 · κατὰBut the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.Acts 14:23 · κατ᾽Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.Acts 15:11 · καθ᾽On the contrary, we believe it is through the grace of the Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.”Acts 15:21 · κατὰ · κατὰFor Moses has been proclaimed in every city from ancient times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.”Acts 15:23 · κατὰand sent them with this letter: The apostles and the elders, your brothers, To the brothers among the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: Greetings.Acts 15:36 · κατὰSome time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”Acts 16:5 · καθ᾽So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers.Acts 16:7 · κατὰAnd when they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not permit them.Acts 16:22 · κατ᾽The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered that they be stripped and beaten with rods.Acts 16:25 · ΚατὰAbout midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.Acts 17:2 · κατὰAs was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,Acts 17:11 · καθ᾽Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.Acts 17:17 · κατὰSo he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace with those he met each day.Acts 17:22 · κατὰThen Paul stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious.Acts 17:28 · καθ᾽‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’Acts 18:4 · κατὰEvery Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks alike.Acts 18:14 · κατὰBut just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio told the Jews, “If this matter involved a wrongdoing or vicious crime, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to hear your complaint.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.”
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