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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 9 times in 9 verses in '1Jo' in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:6 - whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:18 - Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:27 - But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:2 - Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears[fn] we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:3 - And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:7 - Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:12 - We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:23 - And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:17 - By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world.
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