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Lexicon :: Strong's G2596 - kata

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κατά
Transliteration
kata (Key)
Pronunciation
kat-ah'
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Part of Speech
preposition
Root Word (Etymology)
A primary particle
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Strong’s Definitions

κατά katá, kat-ah'; a primary particle; (prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined):—about, according as (to), after, against, (when they were) × alone, among, and, × apart, (even, like) as (concerning, pertaining to touching), × aside, at, before, beyond, by, to the charge of, (charita-)bly, concerning, + covered, (dai-)ly, down, every, (+ far more) exceeding, × 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, × natural, of (up-)on (X part), out (of every), over against, (+ your) × own, + particularly, so, through(-oughout, -oughout every), thus, (un-)to(-gether, -ward), × uttermost, where(-by), with.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 480x

The KJV translates Strong's G2596 in the following manner: according to (107x), after (61x), against (58x), in (36x), by (27x), daily (with G2250) (15x), as (11x), miscellaneous (165x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 480x
The KJV translates Strong's G2596 in the following manner: according to (107x), after (61x), against (58x), in (36x), by (27x), daily (with G2250) (15x), as (11x), miscellaneous (165x).
  1. down from, through out

  2. according to, toward, along

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κατά katá, kat-ah'; a primary particle; (prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined):—about, according as (to), after, against, (when they were) × alone, among, and, × apart, (even, like) as (concerning, pertaining to touching), × aside, at, before, beyond, by, to the charge of, (charita-)bly, concerning, + covered, (dai-)ly, down, every, (+ far more) exceeding, × 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, × natural, of (up-)on (X part), out (of every), over against, (+ your) × own, + particularly, so, through(-oughout, -oughout every), thus, (un-)to(-gether, -ward), × uttermost, where(-by), with.
STRONGS G2596:
κατά (on its neglect of elision before a vowel see Tdf, Proleg., p. 95; cf. Winers Grammar, § 5, 1 a.; a. 10; WH's Appendix, p. 146a), a preposition denoting motion or diffusion or direction from the higher to the lower; as in classical Greek, joined with the genitive and the accusative.
I. With the genitive (Winer's Grammar, § 47, k., p. 381 (357); (B, § 147, 20));
1. properly,
a. down from, down: κατά τοῦ κρημνοῦ, Matthew 8:32; Mark 5:13; Luke 8:33; κατεχην κατά τῆς κεφαλῆς (so that it flowed down from his head (cf. Winer's Grammar, 381 (357) note); but it is more correct here to omit κατά with L T Tr WH; see καταχέω), Mark 14:3; hence κατά κεφαλῆς (a veil hanging down from his entry) ἔχων, 1 Corinthians 11:4 ((A. V. having his head covered) cf. καταπέτασμα (or rather κάλυμμα (which see), but see ἔχω, I. 1 b.)).
b. down upon (down into) anything: Acts 27:14 (Winers Grammar, 381 (357) note{1}; cf. B. D. American edition, under the word ); tropically, κατά βάθους πτωχεία reaching down into the depth, i. e. deep or extreme poverty, 2 Corinthians 8:2 (cf. Strabo 9, 5, p. 419 ἐστι τό μαντεῖον ἄντρον κοῖλον κατά βάθους).
c. used of motion or extension through a space from top to bottom; hence through, throughout: in the N. T. (and in Luke's writings; Buttmann, § 147, 20) everywhere with the adjective ὅλος, as καθ' ὅλης τῆς περιχώρου τῆς Ἰουδαίας, τῆς Ἰόππης, Luke 4:14; Luke 23:5; Acts 9:31; Acts 10:37 (διεσπάρησαν κατά τῆς νήσου, Polybius 3, 19, 7; ἐσκεδάσμενοι κατά τῆς χώρας, 1, 17, 10; 3, 76, 10; μή παραβαίνειν τάς ἁμαροτροχιας, ἀλλά κατ' αὐτῶν ἰέναι, Aelian v. h. 2, 27).
2. metaphorically,
a. after verbs of swearing, adjuring (the hand being, as it were, placed down upon the thing sworn by (cf. Bernhardy (1829), p. 238; Kühner, § 433 at the end)), by: Matthew 26:63; Hebrews 6:13, 16 (Isaiah 45:23; 2 Chronicles 36:13; Judith 1:12; Demosthenes 553, 17; 554, 23).
b. against (properly, down upon (Winer's Grammar, 382 (358)); Hebrew עַל): opposed to ὑπέρ, Mark 9:40; 2 Corinthians 13:8; Romans 8:31; opposed to μετά, Matthew 12:30; Luke 11:23; after ἐπιθυμεῖν, Galatians 5:17; εἰπεῖν πονηρόν (ῤῆμα), Matthew 5:11; λαλεῖν, Acts 6:13; Jude 1:15; μαρτυρία, Mark 14:55; Matthew 26:59; μαρτυρεῖν, 1 Corinthians 15:15 (here many take κατά equivalent to with regard to, of; cf. DeWette at the passage; Lob. ad Phryn., p. 272); ψευδομαρτύρειν, Mark 14:56f; γογγύζειν, Matthew 20:11 (Exodus 15:24 Alex.); διδάσκειν, Acts 21:28; ψεύδεσθαι, James 3:14 (Xenophon, Apology 13); συμβούλιον λαβεῖν or ποιεῖν, Matthew 27:1; Mark 3:6; αἰτεῖσθαι τί, Acts 25:3, 15; after verbs of accusing, etc.: ἔχειν τί, Matthew 5:23; Mark 11:25; Revelation 2:4, 14, 20; κατηγορεῖν, Luke 23:14; κατηγορία, John 18:29 (Tdf. omits κατά); ἐγκάλειν, Romans 8:33; ἐντυγχάνειν τίνι, Romans 11:2; add, Acts 24:1; Acts 25:2; James 5:9; τό χειρόγραφον, Colossians 2:14; κρίσιν ποιεῖν, Jude 1:15; after verbs of rebelling, fighting, prevailing: Matthew 10:35; Matthew 12:25; Acts 14:2; 1 Corinthians 4:6; 2 Corinthians 10:5; 1 Peter 2:11; (Revelation 12:7 Rec.); ἰσχύειν, Acts 19:16; ἐξουσίαν ἔχειν, John 19:11.
II. With the accusative; cf. Winers Grammar, § 49 d.; Bernhardy (1829), p. 239ff
1. of place;
a. of the place through which anything is done or is extended (properly, down through; opposed to ἀνά, up through): καθ' ὅλην τήν πόλιν κηρύσσειν, Luke 8:39; ἐκφέρειν κατά τάς πλατείας, Acts 5:15 (R G); add, Luke 9:6; Luke 13:22; Luke 15:14; Acts 8:1; Acts 11:1; Acts 15:23; Acts 21:21; Acts 24:5, 12; Acts 27:2; τούς κατά τά ἔθνη (throughout Gentile lands) πάντας Ἰουδαίους, Acts 21:21, cf. Grimm on 2 Macc. 1:1; κατά τήν ὁδόν, along the way i. e. on the journey (Winer's Grammar, 400 (374) note{1}), Luke 10:4; Acts 8:36; Acts 25:3; Acts 26:13; along (Latin secundum or praeter (R. V. off)), πέλαγος τό κατά τήν Κιλικίαν, Acts 27:5.
b. of the place to which one is brought (down): γενόμενος (Tr WH omit γ.) κατά τόν τόπον (ἐλθών etc.), Luke 10:32 (cf. Field, Otium Norv. Pars iii at the passage); ἐλθόντες κατά τήν Μυσίαν, Acts 16:7; κατά τήν Κνίδον, Acts 27:7; κατ' αὐτόν (came) to him, i. e. to the place where he was lying, Luke 10:33.
c. of direction; toward: Λιβύη κατά Κυρήνην, that Libya which lay toward Cyrene, i. e. Libya of Cyrene (i. e. the chief city of which was Cyrene), Acts 2:10; βλέπειν, to look, lie toward (see βλέπω, 3), Acts 27:12; πορεύεσθαι κατά μεσημβρίαν, Acts 8:26; κατά σκοπόν, toward the goal, my eye on the goal, Philippians 3:14. against (Latin adversus with the accusative); over against, opposite: κατά πρόσωπον, to the face, Galatians 2:11 (see πρόσωπον, 1 a.); equivalent to present, Acts 25:16 (A. V. face to face); 2 Corinthians 10:1; with the genitive of person added, before the face of, in the presence of, one: Luke 2:31; Acts 3:13; τά κατά πρόσωπον, the things that are open to view, known to all, 2 Corinthians 10:7; κατ' ὀφθαλμούς, before the eyes, Galatians 3:1; here, too, according to some (cf. Winer's Grammar, 400 (374) note{3}) belongs κατά Θεόν, Romans 8:27, but it is more correctly referred to 3 c. α. below.
d. of the place where: κατ' οἶκον (opposed to ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ), at home, privately (Winer's Grammar, 400 (374) note{1}), Acts 2:46; Acts 5:42.
e. of that which so joins itself to one thing as to separate itself from another; our for, by: κατ' ἰδίαν, apart, see ἴδιος, 2; καθ' ἑαυτόν, alone (by himself), Acts 28:16; James 2:17 (R. V. in itself) (2 Macc. 13:13; οἱ καθ' αὑτούς Ἕλληνες, Thucydides 1, 138; οἱ Βοιωτοι καθ' αὑτούς, Diodorus 13, 72; other examples are given by Alberti, Observations, etc., p. 293; Loesner, Observations, e Philone, p. 460f); ἔχειν τί καθ' ἑαυτόν, to have a thing by and to oneself, i. e. to keep it hidden in one's mind, Romans 14:22 (Josephus, Antiquities 2, 11, 1; Heliodorus 7, 16; (cf. Winer's Grammar, 401 (375) note{1})); hence, of that which belongs to some person or thing: κατά τήν οὖσαν ἐκκλησίαν, belonging to (A. V. in) the church that was there, Acts 13:1; ἐκκλησία κατ' οἶκον τίνος, belonging to one's household (see ἐκκλησία, 4 b. aa.); hence it forms a periphrasis — now for the genitive, as τά κατά Ἰουδαίους ἔθη (equivalent to τῶν Ἰουδαίων), Acts 26:3; now for the possessive pronoun, οἱ καθ' ὑμᾶς ποιηταί, your own poets, Acts 17:28 (here WH marginal reading καθ' ἡμᾶς, see their Introductory § 404); νόμου τοῦ καθ' ὑμᾶς (a law of your own), Acts 18:15; τό κατ' ἐμέ πρόθυμον, my inclination, Romans 1:15 (see πρόθυμος); καθ' ὑμᾶς πίστις, Ephesians 1:15 ( κατά τόν τύραννον ὠματης τέ καί δύναμις, Diodorus 14, 12; μέχρι τῶν καθ' ἡμᾶς χρόνων, Dionysius Halicarnassus, Antiquities 2, 1; cf. Grimm on 2 Macc. 4:21, p. 88; a throng of examples from Polybius may be seen in Schweighaeuser, Lex. Polybius, p. 323f; (cf. Winers Grammar, 154 (146); 400 (374) note{2}; especially Buttmann, § 132, 2)).
2. of Time (cf. Winers Grammar, 401 (374)); during, about; Latin tempore: κατ' ἐκεῖνον, or τοῦτον τόν καιρόν, Acts 12:1; Acts 19:23; Romans 9:9; Hebrews 9:9 (R G); κατά τό αὐτό, at the same time, together, Acts 14:1 (see αὐτός, III. 1); κατά τό μεσονύκτιον, Acts 16:25; κατά μέσον τῆς νυκτός, Acts 27:27; (possibly also κατά μεσημβρίαν, at noon, Acts 8:26 (see μεσημβρία, b.)); κατά καιρόν, see καιρός, 2 a.; κατ' ἀρχάς (Herodotus 3, 153), in the beginning (of things), Hebrews 1:10; κατά τήν ἡμέραν τοῦ πειρασμοῦ, Hebrews 3:8 (as the Sept. in this passage have rendered the preposition כְּ in the context by ὡς (ἐν τῷ παραπικρασμῷ, Psalm 94:8 (Ps. 95:8)), some would take it and κατά here equivalent to like as in the day etc.; Vulg. secundum); κατά πᾶν σάββατον, Acts 13:27; Acts 15:21; Acts 18:4; καθ' ἑκάστην ἡμέραν, Hebrews 3:13; κατά μῆνα (ἕνα) ἕκαστον, Revelation 22:2; κατ' ὄναρ, during a dream, see ὄναρ.
3. it denotes reference, relation, proportion, of various sorts;
a. distributively, indicating a succession of things following one another (Winers Grammar, 401 (374); Buttmann, § 147, 20);
α. in reference to place: κατά πόλιν, in every city (city by city, from city to city), Luke 8:1, 4; Acts 15:21; Acts 20:23; Titus 1:5 (Thucydides 1, 122); κατ' ἐκκλησίαν, in every church, Acts 14:23; with the plural, κατά πόλεις, Luke 13:22; κατά τάς κώμας, Luke 9:6 (Herodotus 1, 96); κατά τόπους, Matthew 24:7; Mark 13:8; Luke 21:11; κατά τάς συναγωγάς, in every synagogue, Acts 22:19; (cf. κατά τούς οἴκους εἰσπορευόμενος, Acts 8:3).
β. in reference to time: κατ' ἔτος, yearly, year by year, Luke 2:41; also κατ' ἐνιαυτόν (see ἐνιαυτός); καθ' ἡμέραν etc., see ἡμέρα, 2, p. 278{a}; κατά μίαν σαββάτου (R G σαββάτων), on the first day of every week, 1 Corinthians 16:2; κατά ἑορτήν, at any and every feast, Matthew 27:15; Mark 15:6; Luke 23:17 (Rec.; cf. Buttmann, § 133, 26. Others understand the phrase in these passages (contextually) "at or during (see 2 above) the feast," viz. the Passover; cf. Winer's Grammar, 401 (374)).
γ. universally: καθ' ἕνα πάντες, all one by one, successively, 1 Corinthians 14:31, see more fully in εἷς, 4 c.; κατά δύο, by two, 1 Corinthians 14:27; κατά ἑκατόν καί κατά πεντήκοντα, by hundreds and by fifties, Mark 6:40 L T Tr WH; κατά μέρος, severally, singly, part by part, Hebrews 9:5 (Herodotus 9, 25; Xenophon, anab. 3, 4, 22); κατ' ὄνομα, by name, i. e. each by its own name (Vulg. nominatim (or per nomen)): John 10:3; 3 John 1:15 (14); cf. Herm. ad Vig., p. 858f.
b. equivalent to the Latin ratione habita alicuius rei vel personae; as respects; with regard to; in reference to; so far as relates to; as concerning; (Winer's Grammar, 401 (375)): κατά σάρκα or κατά τήν σάρκα, as to the flesh (see σάρξ (especially 2b.)), Romans 1:3; Romans 9:3, 5; 1 Corinthians 1:26; 1 Corinthians 10:18; 2 Corinthians 11:18; οἱ κύριοι κατά σάρκα (Luther well, die leiblichen Herren), in earthly relations, according to the arrangements of society, Ephesians 6:5; κατά τό εὐαγγέλιον, κατά τήν ἐκλογήν, Romans 11:28; add, Romans 1:4; Romans 7:22; Philippians 3:5; Hebrews 9:9; τά κατά τινα, one's affairs, one's case, Acts 24:22; Acts 25:14; Ephesians 6:21; Philippians 1:12; Colossians 4:7 (and very often in classical Greek); κατά πάντα τρόπον, in every way, in every respect, Romans 3:2; the opposite κατά μηδένα τρόπον, in no wise, 2 Thessalonians 2:3; κατά πάντα, in all respects, in all things, Acts 17:22; Colossians 3:20, 22; Hebrews 2:17; Hebrews 4:15 (Thucydides 4, 81).
c. according to, agreeably to; in reference to agreement or conformity to a standard, in various ways (Winer's Grammar, 401 (375));
α. according to anything as a standard, agreeably to: περιπατεῖν κατά τί, Mark 7:5; Romans 8:1 (Rec.), Rom 8:4; Romans 14:15; 2 Thessalonians 3:6; Ephesians 2:2; ζῆν κατά, Acts 26:5; Romans 8:12f; πορεύεσθαι, 2 Peter 3:3; ἀποδιδόναι τίνι, Matthew 16:27, etc. (see ἀποδίδωμι, (especially 4)); λαμβάνειν, 1 Corinthians 3:8; so with many other verbs a thing is said to be done or to occur κατά, as in Luke 2:27, 29; John 7:24; Colossians 2:8; Colossians 3:10; 1 Timothy 1:18; Hebrews 7:15; Hebrews 8:5, 9; 1 John 5:14, etc.; (on the phrase κατ' ἄνθρωπον, see ἄνθρωπος, especially 1 c.; (cf. . below; Winer's Grammar, 402 (376))); κατά τήν γραφήν, τάς γραφάς, James 2:8; 1 Corinthians 15:3f.; κατά τό γεγραμμένον, 2 Corinthians 4:13; κατά τό εἰρημένον, Romans 4:18; κατά τόν νόμον, Luke 2:39; John 18:31; John 19:7; Hebrews 9:22; κατά τό εὐαγγέλιον μου, Romans 2:16; Romans 16:25; 2 Timothy 2:8, cf. 1 Timothy 1:11; κατά τό ὡρισμένον, Luke 22:22; καθ' ὁμοίωσιν Θεοῦ, James 3:9; κατά λόγον rightly, justly (A. V. reason would etc.), Acts 18:14; κατά τινα, agreeably to the will of anyone, as pleases him (Winer's Grammar, 401f (375)): so κατά Θεόν, Romans 8:27 (cf. 1 c. above); 2 Corinthians 7:9, 11; κατά Χρσιτον Ἰησοῦν, Romans 15:5; κατά κύριον, 2 Corinthians 11:17; κατά τόν καθαρισμόν, after the manner of purifying, as the rite of purification prescribed, John 2:6; οἱ κατά σάρκα ὄντες, who bear, reflect, the nature of the flesh, equivalent to οἱ σαρκικοί, and οἱ κατά πνεῦμα ὄντες equivalent to οἱ πνευματικοί, Romans 8:5; κατά τί γνώσομαι; in accordance with what criterion i. e. by what sign shall I know? Luke 1:18. Here belongs the use of the preposition in the titles of the records of the life of Christ: εὐαγγέλιον (which word the Sinaiticus and Vaticanus manuscripts omit) κατά Ματθαῖον, Μᾶρκον, etc., as Matthew etc. composed or wrote (it). This use of the preposition was not primarily a mere periphrasis for the genitive (Ματθαιου, etc., see II. 1 e. above), but indicated that the same subject had been otherwise handled by others, cf. παλαιά διαθήκη κατά τούς ἑβδομήκοντα (in tacit contrast not only to the Hebrew text, but also to the Greek translations made by others); οἱ ὑπομνηματισμοι οἱ κατά Νημιαν, 2 Macc. 2:13 (see Grimm at the passage). Subsequently κατά with an accusative of the writer came to take the place of the genitive, as κατά Μωϋσέα πεντάτευχος in Epiphanius (haer. 8, 4. Cf. Winers Grammar, 402 (375); Buttmann, 3; 157 (137); and see, further, Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word εὐαγγέλιον, James Morison, Commentary on Matthew, Introductory § 4).
β. in proportion to, according to the measure of: χαρίσματα κατά τήν χάριν τήν δοθεῖσαν ἡμῖν διάφορα, Romans 12:6; κατά τό μέτρον, 2 Corinthians 10:13; Ephesians 4:7; κατά τήν σκληρότητά σου, Romans 2:5; κατά τόν χρόνον, Matthew 2:16; ἑκάστῳ κατά τήν ἰδίαν δύναμιν, Matthew 25:15; without the article κατά δύναμιν, 2 Corinthians 8:3 (opposed to ὑπέρ δύναμιν, as Homer, Iliad 3, 59 κατ' Αισαν, ὀυδ' ὑπέρ Αισαν); καθ' ὅσον, by so much as, inasmuch as, Hebrews 3:3; Hebrews 7:20; Hebrews 9:27; κατά τοσοῦτο, by so much, Hebrews 7:22.
γ. used of the cause; through, on account of, from, owing to (in accordance with i. e. in consequence of, by virtue of) (Winer's Grammar, 402 (376)): κατά πᾶσαν αἰτίαν, (for every cause), Matthew 19:3; κατά τήν χάριν τοῦ Θεοῦ, 1 Corinthians 3:10; 2 Thessalonians 1:12; 2 Timothy 1:9 (κατά τήν τοῦ Θεοῦ πρόνοιαν, Josephus, Antiquities 20, 8, 6); κατά χάριν, Romans 4:16; also opposed to κατά ὀφείλημα (R. V. as of... as of), Romans 4:4; οἱ κατά φύσιν κλάδοι, the natural branches, Romans 11:21 (cf. Buttmann, 162 (141)); κατά φύσιν ἀγριλαιος, the natural wild olive tree, Romans 11:24; κατά πίστιν δικαιοσύνη, righteousness proceeding from faith, Hebrews 11:7; add, Romans 8:28; Romans 9:11; Romans 11:5; Romans 16:25; 1 Corinthians 12:8; 2 Corinthians 13:10; Galatians 2:2; Galatians 3:29; Ephesians 1:5, 7, 9, 11, 19; Ephesians 3:7, 11, 16, 20; Colossians 1:11, 29; Philippians 1:20; Philippians 3:21; Philippians 4:11, 19; 2 Thessalonians 1:12; 2 Thessalonians 2:9; 2 Timothy 1:8; Hebrews 2:4; Hebrews 7:16; Titus 1:3; 1 Peter 1:3; 2 Peter 3:15. adverbial phrases (Winer's Grammar, § 51, 2 g.): κατ' ἐξουσίαν (with authority), Mark 1:27; κατ' ἀνάγκην, κατά ἑκούσιον (q. v) (of necessity, of free will), Philemon 1:14; κατά γνῶσιν, 1 Peter 3:7; κατ' ἐπίγνωσιν, Romans 10:2 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 403 (376)); κατά ἄγνοιαν (in ignorance), Acts 3:17.
δ. of likeness; as, like as: συντελέσω... διαθήκην καινήν, οὐ κατά τήν διαθήκην κτλ., Hebrews 8:8f (1 Kings 11:10); so with the accusative of a person (cf. under α. above), Galatians 4:28; 1 Peter 1:15; κατά Θεόν, after the image of God, Ephesians 4:24; κρίνεσθαι κατά ἀνθρώπους, ζῆν κατά Θεόν, to be judged as it is fit men should be judged, to live as God lives, 1 Peter 4:6. Hence, it is used
ε. of the mode in which a thing is done; of the quality: ἄνδρες οἱ κατ' ἐξοχήν τῆς πόλεως, the principal men of the city, Acts 25:23; καθ' ὑπομένην ἔργου ἀγαθοῦ, equivalent to ὑπομένοντες ἐν ἔργῳ ἀγαθῷ (by constancy in well-doing), Romans 2:7; especially in adverbial phrases: κατά ταῦτα in (or after) the same (or this) manner, Luke 6:23 (L text T Tr WH κατά τά αὐτά, L marginal reading κατά ταῦτα) (26 (editions as before)); Luke 17:30 (T Tr WH κατά τά αὐτά, G L κατά ταῦτα); καθ' ὑπερβολήν, Romans 7:13; 1 Corinthians 12:31, etc. (cf. Winers Grammar, 466 (434); Buttmann, 96 (84)); κατά πίστιν equivalent to πιστεύοντες (A. V. in faith; cf. Winer's Grammar, 403 (376)), Hebrews 11:13; κατά συγγνώμην, οὐ κτἀ ἐπιταγήν, by way of concession, not by way of commandment, 1 Corinthians 7:6, cf. 2 Corinthians 8:8; κατά κράτος, Acts 19:20; καθ' ὁμοιότητα, Hebrews 4:15; on the phrase κατά ἄνθρωπον see ἄνθρωπος, 1 c. (cf. α. above).
d. of the end aimed at; the goal to which anything tends; (Latin ad (Winer's Grammar, 402f (376))): κατ' ἐπαγγελίαν ζωῆς, to proclaim life, 2 Timothy 1:1 (but see ἐπαγγελία, 1); κατ' εὐσέβειαν, tending to godliness (1 Timothy 6:3; Titus 1:1) (see εὐσέβεια; (yet others refer these examples and that which follows, to the use set forth above, in c.)); κατά πίστιν, to awaken, produce faith, Titus 1:1 (examples of this use of κατά from Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, may be seen in Passow, under the word II. 3, p. 1598{b}; (Liddell and Scott, under the word B. III. 1); cf. Herm. ad Vig., p. 632; Kühner, ii., p. 412); many refer to this head also κατ' ἀτιμίαν (to my dishonor (Winer's Grammar, 402f (376))) λέγω, 2 Corinthians 11:21 (κατ' τήν τιμήν τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦτο ποιῶν, to the honor of God, Josephus, Antiquities 3, 11, 4); but see ἀτιμία.
III. In Composition κατά denotes,
1. from, down from, from a higher to a lower place: with special reference to the terminus from which, as καταβαίνω, καταβιβάζω, etc. (cf. Winer's Grammar, 431 (401f)); with more prominent reference to the lower terminus (down), as καταβάλλω, καταπατέω, etc. (cf. Winer's Grammar, as above); also of the situation or local position, as κατάκειμαι, καθεύδω, κατατίθημι, καθίζω, etc. from top to bottom, metaphorically, of things done with care, thoroughly, as καταμανθάνω, καθοράω, etc.
2. in succession, in course: καθξης; one part after another, καταρτίζω, κατευθύνω, etc.
3. under, underneath: καταχθόνιος; the idea of putting under resides in verbs denoting victory, rule, etc., over others, as katadunasteuoo], κατακυριεύω, κατεξουσιάζω, καταδουλόω; likewise in verbs naming that with which anything is covered, concealed, overwhelmed etc., as κατακαλύπτω, καταλιθάζω, κατασφραγίζω, κατασκιάζω, καταισχύνω (where the German uses the prefix über (English over), as überschatten, überdecken, or the syllable be, as beschatten, besiegeln); also in adjj. denoting an abundance of that with which a thing is filled up or as it were covered up; see below in κατείδωλος.
4. like the German ver-, zer-, it denotes separation, dissolution, in verbs of wasting, dissolving, etc., as κατακόπτω, κατάγνυμι, κατακαίω, κατακλάω, καταλύω, κατακλύζω, καταναλίσκω, καταφθείρω, etc.
5. equivalent to after, behind: καταδιώκω, καταλείπω, κατακολουθέω, etc.
6. used of proportion and distribution, as κατακληροδοτέω, κατακληρονομέω, etc.
7. of hostility, against etc.: καταδικάζω, κατακρίνω, καταλαλέω, καταγινώσκω, etc. Cf. Herm. ad Vig., p. 637ff (On the construction of verbs compounded with κατά, see Winers Grammar, as above; cf. Buttmann, 165 (143f).)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
15:24
1 Kings
11:10
2 Chronicles
36:13
Psalms
94:8; 95:8
Isaiah
45:23
Matthew
2:16; 5:11; 5:23; 8:32; 10:35; 12:25; 12:30; 16:27; 19:3; 20:11; 24:7; 25:15; 26:59; 26:63; 27:1; 27:15
Mark
1:27; 3:6; 5:13; 6:40; 7:5; 9:40; 11:25; 13:8; 14:3; 14:55; 14:56; 15:6
Luke
1:18; 2:27; 2:29; 2:31; 2:39; 2:41; 4:14; 6:23; 8:1; 8:4; 8:33; 8:39; 9:6; 9:6; 10:4; 10:32; 10:33; 11:23; 13:22; 13:22; 15:14; 17:30; 21:11; 22:22; 23:5; 23:14; 23:17
John
2:6; 7:24; 10:3; 18:29; 18:31; 19:7; 19:11
Acts
2:10; 2:46; 3:13; 3:17; 5:15; 5:42; 6:13; 8:1; 8:3; 8:26; 8:26; 8:36; 9:31; 10:37; 11:1; 12:1; 13:1; 13:27; 14:1; 14:2; 14:23; 15:21; 15:21; 15:23; 16:7; 16:25; 17:22; 17:28; 18:4; 18:14; 18:15; 19:16; 19:20; 19:23; 20:23; 21:21; 21:21; 21:28; 22:19; 24:1; 24:5; 24:12; 24:22; 25:2; 25:3; 25:3; 25:14; 25:15; 25:16; 25:23; 26:3; 26:5; 26:13; 27:2; 27:5; 27:7; 27:12; 27:14; 27:27; 28:16
Romans
1:3; 1:4; 1:15; 2:5; 2:7; 2:16; 3:2; 4:4; 4:16; 4:18; 7:13; 7:22; 8:1; 8:4; 8:5; 8:12; 8:27; 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; 12:6; 14:15; 14:22; 15:5; 16:25; 16:25
1 Corinthians
1:26; 3:8; 3:10; 4:6; 7:6; 10:18; 11:4; 12:8; 12:31; 14:27; 14:31; 15:3; 15:15; 16:2
2 Corinthians
4:13; 7:9; 7:11; 8:2; 8:3; 8:8; 10:1; 10:5; 10:7; 10:13; 11:17; 11:18; 11:21; 13:8; 13:10
Galatians
2:2; 2:11; 3:1; 3:29; 4:28; 5:17
Ephesians
1:5; 1:7; 1:9; 1:11; 1:15; 1:19; 2:2; 3:7; 3:11; 3:16; 3:20; 4:7; 4:24; 6:5; 6:21
Philippians
1:12; 1:20; 3:5; 3:14; 3:21; 4:11; 4:19
Colossians
1:11; 1:29; 2:8; 2:14; 3:10; 3:20; 3:22; 4:7
2 Thessalonians
1:12; 1:12; 2:3; 2:9; 3:6
1 Timothy
1:11; 1:18; 6:3
2 Timothy
1:1; 1:8; 1:9; 2:8
Titus
1:1; 1:1; 1:3; 1:5
Philemon
1:14
Hebrews
1:10; 2:4; 2:17; 3:3; 3:8; 3:13; 4:15; 4:15; 6:13; 6:16; 7:15; 7:16; 7:20; 7:22; 8:5; 8:8; 8:9; 9:5; 9:9; 9:9; 9:22; 9:27; 11:7; 11:13
James
2:8; 2:17; 3:9; 3:14; 5:9
1 Peter
1:3; 1:15; 2:11; 3:7; 4:6
2 Peter
3:3; 3:15
1 John
5:14
3 John
1:15
Jude
1:15; 1:15
Revelation
2:4; 2:14; 2:20; 12:7; 22:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2596 matches the Greek κατά (kata),
which occurs 473 times in 430 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 4 / 9 (Act 18:15–Rom 3:2)

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:15 - but if there are questions about words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves; I am not willing to be a judge of these matters.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:9 - But when some were becoming hardened and were not believing, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he left them and took away the disciples, reasoning daily G2596 in the school of Tyrannus.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:16 - And the man, in whom was the evil spirit, leaped on them, subdued all of them, and utterly prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:20 - So [fn]the word of the Lord was growing mightily and prevailing.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:23 -

Now about G2596 that time there occurred no small disturbance concerning the Way.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:20 - how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly and [fn]from house to house,
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:23 - except that the Holy Spirit solemnly testifies to me in every G2596 city, saying that chains and afflictions await me.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:19 - And after he had greeted them, he began to relate one by one the things which God did among the Gentiles through his ministry.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:21 - and they have been told about you, that you are teaching all the Jews who are among G2596 the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children nor to [fn]walk according to the customs.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:28 - crying out, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches to everyone everywhere against G2596 our people and the Law and this place; and besides, he has even brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:3 -

“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but having been brought up in this city, having been instructed at the feet of Gamaliel according G2596 to the strictness of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God just as you all are today,

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:12 -

“Now a certain Ananias, a man who was devout by the standard of the Law, and well spoken of by all the Jews who lived there,

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:19 - “And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves understand that in one synagogue after G2596 another G2596 I used to imprison and beat those who believed in You.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:3 - Then Paul said to him, “God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit to try me according G2596 to the Law, and in violation of the Law order me to be struck?”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:19 - And the [fn]commander took him by the hand and stepping aside, began to inquire of him privately G2596, “What is it that you have to report to me?”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:31 -

So the soldiers, according G2596 to G2596 their orders, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:1 -

Now after five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders, [fn]with an [fn]attorney named Tertullus, and they [fn]brought charges to the governor against G2596 Paul.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:5 - “For we have found this man a real pest and a fellow who stirs up dissension among all the Jews throughout G2596 [fn]the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:12 - “And neither in the temple, nor in the synagogues, nor across the city did they find me carrying on a discussion with anyone or causing [fn]a riot.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:14 - “But this I confess to you, that according G2596 to the Way, which they call a sect, I do serve [fn]the God of our fathers, believing everything that is in G2596 accordance G2596 with G2596 the Law and that is written in the Prophets;
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:22 -

But Felix, having a more accurate knowledge about the Way, put them off, saying, “When Lysias the [fn]commander comes down, I will decide your case G2596.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:2 - And the chief priests and the leading men of the Jews brought charges against G2596 Paul, and they were pleading with him,
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:3 - requesting a favor against G2596 [fn]Paul, that he might [fn]have him brought to Jerusalem (while they set an ambush to kill him on the way).
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:14 - And while they were spending many days there, Festus laid Paul’s case G2596 before the king, saying, “There is a man who was left as a prisoner by Felix;
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:15 - and when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews brought charges against him, asking for a sentence of condemnation against him.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:16 - “I answered them that it is not the custom of the Romans to hand over any man before the accused meets his accusers face to face and has an opportunity to make his defense against the charges.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:23 -

So, on the next day when Agrippa came [fn]together with Bernice amid great pomp, and entered the hall [fn]accompanied by the [fn]commanders and the prominent men of the city, at the order of Festus, Paul was brought in.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:27 - “For it seems absurd to me in sending a prisoner, not to indicate also the charges against G2596 him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:3 - [fn]especially because you are an expert in all customs and [fn]questions among G2596 the Jews; therefore I beg you to listen to me patiently.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:5 - since they have known about me for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that I lived as a Pharisee according G2596 to the strictest sect of our religion.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:11 - “And as I punished them often in all the synagogues, I tried to force them to blaspheme; and being furiously enraged at them, I kept pursuing them even to [fn]foreign cities.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:13 - at midday, O King, I saw on the way a light from heaven, [fn]brighter than the sun, shining all around me and those who were journeying with me.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:2 - And getting aboard an Adramyttian ship, which was about to sail to the regions along G2596 the coast G2596 of [fn]Asia, we set sail accompanied by Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:5 - And when we had sailed through the sea along G2596 the G2596 coast G2596 of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we landed at Myra in Lycia.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:7 - And when we had sailed slowly for a good many days, and with difficulty had arrived off G2596 Cnidus, since the wind did not permit us to go farther, we sailed under the shelter of Crete, off G2596 Salmone;
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:12 - And because the harbor was not suitable for wintering, the majority reached a decision to set sail from there, if somehow they could arrive at Phoenix, a harbor of Crete facing southwest and northwest, to spend the winter there.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:14 - But before very long there rushed down G2596 from [fn]the land a violent wind, called [fn]Euraquilo;
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:25 - “Therefore, be cheerful, men, for I believe God that [fn]it will turn out exactly G2596 as I have been told.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:27 -

But when the fourteenth night came, as we were being carried about in the Adriatic Sea, about G2596 midnight the sailors began to suspect that some land was approaching them.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:29 - And fearing that we might run aground somewhere on the [fn]rocks, they cast four anchors from the stern and were praying for daybreak.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:16 -

And when we entered Rome, Paul was allowed to stay by himself, with the soldier who was guarding him.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:3 - concerning His Son, who was born of the seed of David according G2596 to the flesh,
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:4 - who was designated as the Son of God in power, according G2596 to the [fn]Spirit of holiness, [fn]by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:15 - In this way, for my part, I am eager to proclaim the gospel to you also who are in Rome.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:2 - And we know that the judgment of God [fn]rightly G2596 falls upon those who practice such things.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:5 - But [fn]because G2596 of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:6 - who WILL REPAY TO EACH ACCORDING G2596 TO HIS WORKS:
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:7 - to those who by perseverance in doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life;
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:16 - on the day when, according G2596 to my gospel, God will judge the secrets of men through Christ Jesus.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:2 - Great in every respect. First of all, that they were entrusted with the oracles of God.

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