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κατά

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greekNew TestamentPreposition473 occurrences26 books430 verses

Definition

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: Matthew 8:32, Mark 5:13, Luke 8:33, 1 Corinthians 11:4;

(b) throughout (late usage; Bl, l.with): κ. ὅλης κ.τ.λ., Luke 4:14; 23:5, Acts 9:31; 10:37;

(with) in a peculiar adjectival phrase: ἡ κ. βάθους, deep or extreme poverty, 2 Corinthians 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, Mark 9:40; μετά, Matthew 12:30; after ἐπιθυμεῖν, Galatians 5:17; λαλεῖν, Acts 6:13; διδάσκειν, Acts 21:28; ψεύδεσθαι, James 3:14; after verbs of accusing, etc., Matthew 5:23, Luke 23:14, Romans 8:33, al.; verbs of fighting, prevailing, etc., Matthew 10:35, Acts 14:2, 1 Corinthians 4:6, al.;

(b) of swearing, by: όμνυμι κ. (BL, §34, 1), Hebrews 6:13,16, cf. Matthew 26:63.

II. C. accusative (WM, §49d; BL, §42, 2).

1. Of motion or direction;

(a) through, throughout: Luke 8:39; 9:6; 10:4, Acts 8:1, 36 al.;

(b) to, towards, over against: Luke 10:32 (Field, Notes, 62), Acts 2:1o 16:7, Galatians 2:11, Philippians 3:14, al.;

(with) in adverbial phrases, at, in, by, of: κατ᾽ οἶκον, at home, Acts 2:46; κατ᾽ ἰδίαν (see: ἴδιος); καθ᾽ ἑαυτόν, Acts 28:16, Romans 14:22, James 2:17; with pron. of person(s), Acts 17:28; 18:15, Romans 1:15, Ephesians 1:15, al.

2. Of time, at, during, about: Acts 8:26; 12:1; 19:23, Romans 9:9, Hebrews 1:10, al.

3. Distributive;

(a) of place: κ. τόποὐς, Matthew 24:7, al.; κ. πόλιν, Luke 8:1, 4 al.; κ. ἐκκλησίαν, Acts 14:23.

(b) of time: κ. ἔτος, Luke 2:41; ἑορτήν, Matthew 27:15, al.;

(with) of numbers, etc.: καθ᾽ ἕνα πάντες, 1 Corinthians 14:31 (on καθ᾽ εἷς, see: εἷς); κ. ἑκατόν, Mark 6:40; κ. μέρος, Hebrews 9:5; κ. ὄνομα, John 10:3.

4. Of fitness, reference, conformity, etc.;

(a) in relation to, concerning: Romans 1:3, 4; 7:22; 9:3, 5, 1 Corinthians 12:6; 10:18, Philippians 1:12; κ. πάντα, Acts 17:22, Colossians 3:20, 22, Hebrews 2:17; 4:15;

(b) according to, after, like: Mark 7:5, Luke 2:27, 29, John 7:24, Romans 8:4; 14:15, Ephesians 2:2, Colossians 2:8, James 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).

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as κατά:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

473 total
  1. Matthew 1:20κατ’ · in
    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.
  2. Matthew 2:12κατ’ · in
    And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by another route.
  3. Matthew 2:13κατ’ · in
    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.”
  4. Matthew 2:16κατὰ · according to
    When 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.
  5. Matthew 2:19κατ’ · in
    After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt.
  6. Matthew 2:22κατ’ · in
    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,
  7. Matthew 5:11καθ’ · against
    Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
  8. Matthew 5:23κατὰ · against
    So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,
  9. Matthew 8:32κατὰ · down
    “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.
  10. Matthew 9:29Κατὰ · According to
    Then He touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith will it be done to you.”
  11. Matthew 10:35κατὰ · against; κατὰ · against; κατὰ · against
    For I have come to turn ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
  12. Matthew 12:14κατ’
    But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus.
  13. Matthew 12:25καθ’ · against; καθ’ · against
    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.
  14. Matthew 12:30κατ’ · against
    He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.
  15. Matthew 12:32κατὰ · against; κατὰ · against
    Whoever 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.
  16. Matthew 14:13κατ’
    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.
  17. Matthew 14:23κατ’ · by
    After He had dismissed them, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. When evening came, He was there alone,
  18. Matthew 16:27κατὰ · according to
    For 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.
  19. Matthew 17:1κατ’ · by
    After six days Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.
  20. Matthew 17:19κατ’
    Afterward the disciples came to Jesus privately and asked, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”
  21. Matthew 19:3κατὰ · for
    Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
  22. Matthew 20:11κατὰ · against
    On receiving their pay, they began to grumble against the landowner.
  23. Matthew 20:17κατ’ · aside
    As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside and said,
  24. Matthew 23:3κατὰ · what
    So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.
  25. Matthew 24:3κατ’
    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?”
  26. Matthew 24:7κατὰ · in
    Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
  27. Matthew 25:15κατὰ · according to
    To 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.
  28. Matthew 26:55καθ’ · Every
    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.
  29. Matthew 26:59κατὰ · against
    Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.
  30. Matthew 26:63κατὰ · by
    But 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.”
  31. Matthew 27:1κατὰ · against
    When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.
  32. Matthew 27:15Κατὰ · at
    Now it was the governor’s custom at the feast to release to the crowd a prisoner of their choosing.
  33. Matthew 27:19κατ’ · in
    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.”
  34. Mark 1:27κατ’ · with
    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!”
  35. Mark 3:6κατ’
    At this, the Pharisees went out and began plotting with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.
  36. Mark 4:10κατὰ
    As soon as Jesus was alone with the Twelve and those around Him, they asked Him about the parable.
  37. Mark 4:34κατ’
    He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.
  38. Mark 5:13κατὰ · down
    He 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.
  39. Mark 6:31κατ’ · with Me
    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.
  40. Mark 6:32κατ’ · by
    So they went away in a boat by themselves to a solitary place.
  41. Mark 6:40κατὰ · of; κατὰ
    So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties.
  42. Mark 7:5κατὰ · according to
    So 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.”
  43. Mark 7:33κατ’ · aside
    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.
  44. Mark 9:2κατ’
    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.
  45. Mark 9:28κατ’
    After Jesus had gone into the house, His disciples asked Him privately, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”