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kathōs G2531

καθώς (kathōs) means “as/just as” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

καθώς Greek · G2531 182 tagged occurrences in 179 verses

Pronunciation guide: kath-oce' Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G2531

καθώς · kathōs · as/just as

καθώς, (i.e. καθ᾽ ὡς), Hellenistic for καθά, which see, καθάπερ, καθό, καθότι (Mayser, 485; Eutherford, NPhr., 495; Bl., §78, 1), according as, even as, just as, as: Luk.1:2 (see: καθά), 24:39, Jhn.5:23, Act.7:48, 1Co.8:2, Gal.3:6, al.; before οὕτως, Luk.11:30, Jhn.3:14, 2Co.1:5, Col.3:13, 1Jn.2:6, al.; before καί, Jhn.15:9, 1Co.15:49, 1Jn.2:18, al.; οὕτως . . . κ., Luk.24:24; id. with ellipsis of οὕτως, Mat.21:6, Mrk.16:7, Rom.1:13, al.; with other elliptical constructions, Jhn.6:58 17:21, 22 Act.15:8, 1Th.2:13, 1Ti.1:3, 1Jn.3:2, 3 12; καθὼς γέγραπται (Deiss., BS, 249), Mat.26:24, Mrk.9:13, Rom.1:17, al.; introducing subst. clause as object of verb (as in Heb.), Mat.21:6, Mrk.11:6, Luk.5:14, al.; after verbs of speaking, Act.15:14; of proportion and degree, Mrk.4:33, 1Co.12:11, 18 al.; of time (Neh.5:6, 2Ma.1:31), Act.7:17. (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

according to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as.

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How translators render G2531

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
as 93
just as 41
according to 4
exactly 2
for 2
like 2
and as 1
as for the others it is just as 1
as much as 1
as well as 1
because 1
did they do as 1
everything as 1
exactly as 1
exactly what 1
how 1
in 1
in keeping with 1
it is just as 1
just like 1
only as 1
our equals 1
should give what 1
since 1
since god in his 1
so 1
so also 1
this is how 1
this is why 1
to keep his custom 1
to the extent that 1
very 1
which is exactly what 1
which was just as 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
as 138
even as 23
according as 4
according to 1
also so 1
as well 1
for 1
how 1
that as 1
when 1

Verses containing G2531

Page 3 of 4. 179 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. 1 Corinthians 11:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You are to imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.

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  2. 1 Corinthians 11:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you.

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  3. 1 Corinthians 12:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, who apportions them to each one as He determines.

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  4. 1 Corinthians 12:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But in fact, God has arranged the members of the body, every one of them, according to His design.

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  5. 1 Corinthians 13:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

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  6. 1 Corinthians 14:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.

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  7. 1 Corinthians 15:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But God gives it a body as He has designed, and to each kind of seed He gives its own body.

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  8. 1 Corinthians 15:49 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so also shall we bear the likeness of the heavenly man.

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  9. 2 Corinthians 1:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.

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  10. 2 Corinthians 1:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    as you have already understood us in part, that you may boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of our Lord Jesus.

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  11. 2 Corinthians 4:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.

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  12. 2 Corinthians 6:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”

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  13. 2 Corinthians 8:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And not only did they do as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us, through the will of God.

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  14. 2 Corinthians 8:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So we urged Titus to help complete your act of grace, just as he had started it.

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  15. 2 Corinthians 8:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As it is written: “He who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall.”

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  16. 2 Corinthians 9:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But I am sending the brothers in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove empty, but that you will be prepared, just as I said.

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  17. 2 Corinthians 9:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.

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  18. 2 Corinthians 9:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As it is written: “He has scattered abroad His gifts to the poor; His righteousness endures forever.”

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  19. 2 Corinthians 10:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You are looking at outward appearances. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should remind himself that we belong to Christ just as much as he does.

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  20. 2 Corinthians 11:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But I will keep on doing what I am doing, in order to undercut those who want an opportunity to be regarded as our equals in the things of which they boast.

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  21. Galatians 2:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted to preach the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised.

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  22. Galatians 3:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So also, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”

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  23. Galatians 5:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

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  24. Ephesians 1:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love

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  25. Ephesians 3:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly.

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  26. Ephesians 4:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called;

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  27. Ephesians 4:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

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  28. Ephesians 4:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Surely you heard of Him and were taught in Him—in keeping with the truth that is in Jesus—

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  29. Ephesians 4:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.

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  30. Ephesians 5:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.

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  31. Ephesians 5:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.

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  32. Ephesians 5:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her

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  33. Ephesians 5:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.

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  34. Philippians 1:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart. For in my chains and in my defense and confirmation of the gospel, you are all partners in grace with me.

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  35. Philippians 2:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.

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  36. Philippians 3:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Join one another in following my example, brothers, and carefully observe those who walk according to the pattern we set for you.

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  37. Colossians 1:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood the grace of God.

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  38. Colossians 1:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,

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  39. Colossians 2:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

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  40. Colossians 3:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

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  41. 1 Thessalonians 1:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and with great conviction—just as you know we lived among you for your sake.

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  42. 1 Thessalonians 2:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As you are aware, we had already endured suffering and shameful treatment in Philippi. But in the face of strong opposition, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God.

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  43. 1 Thessalonians 2:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Instead, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, not in order to please men but God, who examines our hearts.

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  44. 1 Thessalonians 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!

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  45. 1 Thessalonians 2:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it truly is, the word of God, which is also now at work in you who believe.

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  46. 1 Thessalonians 2:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own countrymen the very things they suffered from the Jews,

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  47. 1 Thessalonians 3:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Indeed, when we were with you, we kept warning you that we would suffer persecution; and as you know, it has come to pass.

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  48. 1 Thessalonians 4:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live, so you should do so all the more.

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  49. 1 Thessalonians 4:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.

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  50. 1 Thessalonians 4:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.

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