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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1 Corinthians 15:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I face death every day, brothers, as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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1 Corinthians 15:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
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1 Corinthians 16:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On the first day of every week, each of you should set aside a portion of his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will be needed.
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1 Corinthians 16:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The churches in the province of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Prisca greet you warmly in the Lord, and so does the church that meets at their house.
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2 Corinthians 1:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.
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2 Corinthians 1:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When I planned this, did I do it carelessly? Or do I make my plans by human standards, so as to say “Yes, yes” and also “No, no”?
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2 Corinthians 4:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And in keeping with what is written, “I believed, therefore I have spoken,” we who have the same spirit of faith also believe and therefore speak,
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2 Corinthians 4:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.
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2 Corinthians 5:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.
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2 Corinthians 7:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
yet now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any way by us.
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2 Corinthians 7:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
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2 Corinthians 7:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what vindication! In every way you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.
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2 Corinthians 8:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the terrible ordeal they suffered, their abundant joy and deep poverty overflowed into rich generosity.
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2 Corinthians 8:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I testify that they gave according to their ability and even beyond it. Of their own accord,
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2 Corinthians 8:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I am not giving a command, but I am testing the sincerity of your love through the earnestness of others.
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2 Corinthians 10:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now by the mildness and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul, who am humble when face to face with you, but bold when away.
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2 Corinthians 10:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I beg you that when I come I may not need to be as bold as I expect toward those who presume that we live according to the flesh.
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2 Corinthians 10:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.
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2 Corinthians 10:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
We demolish arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
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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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2 Corinthians 10:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
We, however, will not boast beyond our limits, but only within the field of influence that God has assigned to us—a field that reaches even to you.
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2 Corinthians 10:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Neither do we boast beyond our limits in the labors of others. But we hope that as your faith increases, our area of influence among you will greatly increase as well,
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2 Corinthians 11:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions.
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2 Corinthians 11:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In this confident boasting of mine, I am not speaking as the Lord would, but as a fool.
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2 Corinthians 11:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Since many are boasting according to the flesh, I too will boast.
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2 Corinthians 11:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
To my shame I concede that we were too weak for that! Speaking as a fool, however, I can match what anyone else dares to boast about.
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2 Corinthians 11:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Apart from these external trials, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.
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2 Corinthians 13:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth.
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2 Corinthians 13:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is why I write these things while absent, so that when I am present I will not need to be severe in my use of the authority that the Lord gave me for building you up, not for tearing you down.
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Galatians 1:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
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Galatians 1:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel I preached was not devised by man.
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Galatians 1:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.
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Galatians 2:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
I went in response to a revelation and set before them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I spoke privately to those recognized as leaders, for fear that I was running or had already run in vain.
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Galatians 2:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.
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Galatians 3:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.
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Galatians 3:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Brothers, let me put this in human terms. Even a human covenant, once it is ratified, cannot be canceled or amended.
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Galatians 3:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Is the law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come from the law.
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Galatians 3:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.
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Galatians 4:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born through the promise.
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Galatians 4:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.
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Galatians 4:29 · BSB · 2 occurrences
At that time, however, the son born by the flesh persecuted the son born by the Spirit. It is the same now.
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Galatians 5:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences
For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.
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Galatians 5:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
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Ephesians 1:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,
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Ephesians 1:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
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Ephesians 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ
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Ephesians 1:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences
In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
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Ephesians 1:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,
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Ephesians 1:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength,
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Ephesians 2:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.
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