kata G2596

κατά (kata) means “according to” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

κατά Greek · G2596 469 tagged occurrences in 427 verses

Pronunciation guide: kat-ah' Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G2596

κατά · kata · according to

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: Mat.8:32, Mrk.5:13, Luk.8:33, 1Co.11:4; (b) throughout (late usage; Bl, l.with): κ. ὅλης κ.τ.λ., Luk.4:14 23:5, Act.9:31 10:37; (with) in a peculiar adjectival phrase: ἡ κ. βάθους, deep or extreme poverty, 2Co.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, Mrk.9:40; μετά, Mat.12:30; after ἐπιθυμεῖν, Gal.5:17; λαλεῖν, Act.6:13; διδάσκειν, Act.21:28; ψεύδεσθαι, Jas.3:14; after verbs of accusing, etc., Mat.5:23, Luk.23:14, Rom.8:33, al.; verbs of fighting, prevailing, etc., Mat.10:35, Act.14:2, 1Co.4:6, al.; (b) of swearing, by: όμνυμι κ. (BL, §34, 1), He 6:13,16, cf. Mat.26:63. II. C. accusative (WM, §49d; BL, §42, 2). 1. Of motion or direction; (a) through, throughout: Luk.8:39 9:6 10:4, Act.8:1, 36 al.; (b) to, towards, over against: Luk.10:32 (Field, Notes, 62), Act.2:1o 16:7, Gal.2:11, Php.3:14, al.; (with) in adverbial phrases, at, in, by, of: κατ᾽ οἶκον, at home, Act.2:46; κατ᾽ ἰδίαν (see: ἴδιος); καθ᾽ ἑαυτόν, Act.28:16, Rom.14:22, Jas.2:17; with pron. of person(s), Act.17:28 18:15, Rom.1:15, Eph.1:15, al. 2. Of time, at, during, about: Act.8:26 12:1 19:23, Rom.9:9 Heb.1:10, al. 3. Distributive; (a) of place: κ. τόποὐς, Mat.24:7, al.; κ. πόλιν, Luk.8:1, 4 al.; κ. ἐκκλησίαν, Act.14:23. (b) of time: κ. ἔτος, Luk.2:41; ἑορτήν, Mat.27:15, al.; (with) of numbers, etc.: καθ᾽ ἕνα πάντες, 1Co.14:31 (on καθ᾽ εἷς, see: εἷς); κ. ἑκατόν, Mrk.6:40; κ. μέρος, Heb.9:5; κ. ὄνομα, Jhn.10:3. 4. Of fitness, reference, conformity, etc.; (a) in relation to, concerning: Rom.1:3, 4 7:22 9:3, 5, 1Co.12:6 10:18, Php.1:12; κ. πάντα, Act.17:22, Col.3:20, 22 Heb.2:17 4:15; (b) according to, after, like: Mrk.7:5, Luk.2:27, 29 Jhn.7:24 Rom.8:4 14:15, Eph.2:2, Col.2:8, Jas.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). (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.

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How translators render G2596

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
according to	63
vvv	52
against	45
in	41
by	38
as	11
every	9
about	8
throughout	6
with	6
at	5
for	5
out of	5
to	5
after	4
along	4
from	4
in keeping with	4
on	4
over	4
that meets at	4
through	4
as to	3
because of	3
down	3
of	3
and	2
as proclaimed by	2
as usual	2
as was	2
aside	2
each	2
earthly	2
in every	2
in various	2
just	2
just as	2
regarding	2
what is contrary	2
accompanied by	1
according to the will	1
adhering to	1
all of them	1
all over	1
among	1
are an annual	1
as i was on	1
based on	1
be like	1
because	1
because they are based on	1
before	1
between	1
both	1
by human standards	1
comes by	1
conformity	1
covered	1
devised by	1
down across	1
for what	1
from a human perspective	1
from house to house	1
from one	1
in each	1
in human terms	1
in my use of	1
in one	1
in response to	1
in the way of	1
in this way	1
in town after town	1
is laid down	1
just like that	1
leads to	1
let him use it	1
like	1
may rest on	1
near	1
observer	1
of every	1
off	1
off the coast	1
on the basis of	1
opposed to	1
opposite	1
required by	1
severely	1
should speak	1
stated in	1
that	1
that agrees with	1
that god had intended	1
that is far	1
their case against	1
these are in accordance with	1
they gave according to	1
to be like	1
to suit	1
to the border of	1
toward	1
upon	1
what	1
when you conformed to	1
which are based on	1
with all	1
with me	1
within	1
would have you	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
according to	99
after	61
against	54
in	38
by	31
as	14
daily	14
every	11
at	9
of	8
throughout	7
apart	6
privately	6
according	5
through	5
in every	4
on	4
to	4
down	3
toward	3
with	3
about	2
after the manner of	2
as concerning	2
as pertaining to	2
as touching	2
aside	2
before	2
but	2
concerning	2
even	2
for	2
from	2
inasmuch as	2
over against	2
part	2
particularly	2
that is in	2
upon	2
a far	1
a more excellent	1
according as	1
after the manner	1
among	1
and	1
and how	1
are among	1
at a certain	1
being	1
beyond measure	1
cause	1
charitably	1
covered	1
exceeding	1
godly	1
him	1
in divers	1
in due	1
in respect of	1
into	1
is	1
matter	1
mightily	1
north west	1
not against	1
one against	1
out	1
out of every	1
sabbath day	1
so	1
state	1
that in	1
the natural	1
the same	1
their	1
they brought forth	1
together	1
touching	1
unto	1
was	1
where	1
whereby	1
which is according to	1
which is by	1
who by	1
would that	1
your	1

Verses containing G2596

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