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Lexicon :: Strong's G2531 - kathōs

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καθώς
Transliteration
kathōs (Key)
Pronunciation
kath-oce'
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
182x in 2 unique form(s) TR
182x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
204x in 1 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

καθώς kathṓs, kath-oce'; from G2596 and G5613; just (or inasmuch) as, that:—according to, (according, even) as, how, when.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 182x

The KJV translates Strong's G2531 in the following manner: as (138x), even as (36x), according as (4x), when (1x), according to (1x), how (1x), as well as (with G2532) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 182x
The KJV translates Strong's G2531 in the following manner: as (138x), even as (36x), according as (4x), when (1x), according to (1x), how (1x), as well as (with G2532) (1x).

  1. according as

    1. just as, even as

    2. in proportion as, in the degree that

  2. since, seeing that, agreeably to the fact that

  3. when, after that

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
καθώς kathṓs, kath-oce'; from G2596 and G5613; just (or inasmuch) as, that:—according to, (according, even) as, how, when.
STRONGS G2531:
καθώς (i. e. καθ' ὡς), a particle found occasionally in secular authors from Aristotle down for the Attic καθά and καθό, but emphatically censured by Phryn. and the Atticists; cf. Sturz, De dial. Maced. etc., p. 74ff; Lob. ad Phryn., p. 425f; (Winer's Grammar, 26 (25));
1. according as, just as, even as: in the first member of a comparison, Luke 6:31; 1 John 2:27; followed by οὕτως in the second member (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 53, 5), Luke 11:30; Luke 17:26; John 3:14; 2 Corinthians 1:5; 2 Corinthians 10:7; Colossians 3:13; 1 John 2:6; followed by καί also, John 15:9; John 17:18; John 20:21; 1 John 2:18; 1 John 4:17; 1 Corinthians 15:49; it is annexed to preceding words after the demonstrative οὕτως, Luke 24:24; with οὕτως unexpressed, Matthew 21:6; Matthew 28:6; Mark 16:7; Luke 1:2, 55, 70; Luke 11:1; John 1:23; John 5:23; Acts 10:47 (here L T Tr WH ὡς); Acts 15:8; Romans 1:13; Romans 15:7; 1 Corinthians 8:2; 1 Corinthians 10:6; 2 Corinthians 1:14; 2 Corinthians 9:3; 2 Corinthians 11:12; Ephesians 4:17, and often; καθώς διδάσκω, agreeably to my method of teaching, 1 Corinthians 4:17; καθώς γέγραπται, Matthew 26:24; Mark 9:13; Acts 7:42; Acts 15:15; Romans 1:17, and often in Paul; the apodosis lacking, and to be gathered from the context: καθώς παρεκάλεσα σε... ἐν πίστει, namely, οὕτω καί νῦν παρακαλῶ, 1 Timothy 1:3, cf. Winers Grammar, 570 (530); (Buttmann, 386 (331)); ἤρξατο αἰτεῖσθαι (namely, οὕτω ποιεῖν αὐτοῖς), καθώς κτλ.. Mark 15:8 (Buttmann, § 151, 23 b.; cf. Winer's Grammar, 584 (543f)); in comparison by contrary we find the negligent use: ἀγαπῶμεν ἀλληλου, οὐ καθώς Κάϊν κτλ., 1 John 3:11f, cf. DeWette at the passage and Winer's Grammar, 623 (579); οὗτος ἐστιν ὁ ἄρτος... οὐ καθώς etc., not such as they ate etc., John 6:58. with the verb εἰμί, equivalent to Latin qualis, such as, 1 John 3:2; in a parenthesis, 1 Thessalonians 2:13 (as it is in truth).
2. according as i. e. in proportion as, in the degree that: Mark 4:33; Acts 7:17 (cf. Meyer at the passage); Acts 11:29; 1 Corinthians 12:11, 18; 1 Peter 4:10.
3. since, seeing that, agreeably to the fact that (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 53, 8; 448 (417)): John 17:2; Romans 1:28 (yet here others regard καθώς as corresponsive rather than causal or explanatory); 1 Corinthians 1:6; 1 Corinthians 5:7; Ephesians 1:4; Philippians 1:7.
4. it is put for the simple ὡς,
a. after verbs of speaking, in indirect discourse, Acts 15:14; it serves to add an epexegesis, 3 John 1:3 (to σου τῇ ἀλήθεια).
b. of time, when, after that (cf. Latin ut): 2 Macc. 1:31; (Nehemiah 5:6); here many bring in Acts 7:17; but see 2 above.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Nehemiah
5:6
Matthew
21:6; 26:24; 28:6
Mark
4:33; 9:13; 15:8; 16:7
Luke
1:2; 1:55; 1:70; 6:31; 11:1; 11:30; 17:26; 24:24
John
1:23; 3:14; 5:23; 6:58; 15:9; 17:2; 17:18; 20:21
Acts
7:17; 7:17; 7:42; 10:47; 11:29; 15:8; 15:14; 15:15
Romans
1:13; 1:17; 1:28; 15:7
1 Corinthians
1:6; 4:17; 5:7; 8:2; 10:6; 12:11; 12:18; 15:49
2 Corinthians
1:5; 1:14; 9:3; 10:7; 11:12
Ephesians
1:4; 4:17
Philippians
1:7
Colossians
3:13
1 Thessalonians
2:13
1 Timothy
1:3
1 Peter
4:10
1 John
2:6; 2:18; 2:27; 3:2; 3:11; 4:17
3 John
1:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2531 matches the Greek καθώς (kathōs),
which occurs 31 times in 28 verses in '1Ki' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:30 - as I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel, saying, ‘Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place,’ even so will I do this day.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:37 - As the LORD has been with my lord the king, even so may he be with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:24 - Now therefore as the LORD lives, who has established me and placed me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death today.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:31 - The king replied to him, “Do as he has said, strike him down and bury him, and thus take away from me and from my father’s house the guilt for the blood that Joab shed without cause.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:6 - And Solomon said, “You have shown great and steadfast love to your servant David my father, because he walked before you in faithfulness, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart toward you. And you have kept for him this great and steadfast love and have given him a son to sit on his throne this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:5 - And so I intend to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD said to David my father, ‘Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, shall build the house for my name.’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:6 - Now therefore command that cedars of Lebanon be cut for me. And my servants will join your servants, and I will pay you for your servants such wages as you set, for you know that there is no one among us who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:7 - As soon as Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly and said, “Blessed be the LORD this day, who has given to David a wise son to be over this great people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:12 - And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him. And there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:20 - Now the LORD has fulfilled his promise that he made. For I have risen in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and I have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:25 - Now therefore, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father what you have promised him, saying, ‘You shall not lack a man to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your sons pay close attention to their way, to walk before me as you have walked before me.’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:39 - then hear in heaven your dwelling place and forgive and act and render to each whose heart you know, according to all his ways (for you, you only, know the hearts of all the children of mankind),

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:43 - hear in heaven your dwelling place and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to you, in order that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your people Israel, and that they may know that this house that I have built is called by your name.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:53

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:53 - For you separated them from among all the peoples of the earth to be your heritage, as you declared through Moses your servant, when you brought our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:57

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:57 - The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers. May he not leave us or forsake us,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:2 - the LORD appeared to Solomon a second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:4 - And as for you, if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, with integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you, and keeping my statutes and my rules,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:5 - then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father, saying, ‘You shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:7 - but I did not believe the reports until I came and my own eyes had seen it. And behold, the half was not told me. Your wisdom and prosperity surpass the report that I heard.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:4 - For when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and his heart was not wholly true to the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:38 - And if you will listen to all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do what is right in my eyes by keeping my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did, I will be with you and will build you a sure house, as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:6 - And the king said to the man of God, “Entreat now the favor of the LORD your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me.” And the man of God entreated the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored to him and became as it was before.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:18 - And he said to him, “I also am a prophet as you are, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, ‘Bring him back with you into your house that he may eat bread and drink water.’” But he lied to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:13 - He also removed Maacah his mother from being queen mother because she had made an abominable image for Asherah. And Asa cut down her image and burned it at the brook Kidron.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:2 - Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by this time tomorrow.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:4 - And the king of Israel answered, “As you say, my lord, O king, I am yours, and all that I have.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:34 - And Ben-hadad said to him, “The cities that my father took from your father I will restore, and you may establish bazaars for yourself in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.” And Ahab said, “I will let you go on these terms.” So he made a covenant with him and let him go.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:4 - And he said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to battle at Ramoth-gilead?” And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”
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