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

Page 8 of 9. 427 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

Titus 1:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In His own time He has made His word evident in the proclamation entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.
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Titus 1:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
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Titus 1:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.
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Titus 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He must hold firmly to the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can encourage others by sound teaching and refute those who contradict it.
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Titus 3:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
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Titus 3:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life.
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Philemon 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church that meets at your house:
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Philemon 1:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences
But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness will not be out of compulsion, but by your own free will.
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Hebrews 1:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And: “In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
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Hebrews 2:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and was affirmed by God through signs, wonders, various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to His will.
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Hebrews 2:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.
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Hebrews 3:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.
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Hebrews 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness,
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Hebrews 3:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
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Hebrews 4:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.
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Hebrews 5:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And in another passage God says: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
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Hebrews 5:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and was designated by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek.
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Hebrews 6:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences
When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself,
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Hebrews 6:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and their oath serves as a confirmation to end all argument.
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Hebrews 6:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
where Jesus our forerunner has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
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Hebrews 7:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now the law commands the sons of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers—though they too are descended from Abraham.
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Hebrews 7:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear—one in the order of Melchizedek and not in the order of Aaron?
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Hebrews 7:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And this point is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears,
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Hebrews 7:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
one who has become a priest not by a law of succession, but by the power of an indestructible life.
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Hebrews 7:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For it is testified: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
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Hebrews 7:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And none of this happened without an oath. For others became priests without an oath,
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Hebrews 7:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.
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Hebrews 7:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself.
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Hebrews 8:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer gifts according to the law.
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Hebrews 8:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”
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Hebrews 8:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them, declares the Lord.
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Hebrews 9:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Above the ark were the cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.
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Hebrews 9:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences
It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper.
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Hebrews 9:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,
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Hebrews 9:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
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Hebrews 9:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Nor did He enter heaven to offer Himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own.
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Hebrews 9:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,
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Hebrews 10:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.
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Hebrews 10:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Instead, those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins,
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Hebrews 10:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the passage above He says, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire, nor did You delight in them” (although they are offered according to the law).
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Hebrews 10:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
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Hebrews 11:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
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Hebrews 11:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
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Hebrews 12:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.
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James 2:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
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James 2:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So too, faith by itself, if it does not result in action, is dead.
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James 3:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
With the tongue we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness.
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James 3:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
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James 5:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door!
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1 Peter 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.
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