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καθώς

kathōsas/just asHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentConjunction183 occurrences21 books180 verses

Definition

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: Luke 1:2 (see: καθά), 24:39, John 5:23, Acts 7:48, 1 Corinthians 8:2, Galatians 3:6, al.; before οὕτως, Luke 11:30, John 3:14, 2 Corinthians 1:5, Colossians 3:13, 1 John 2:6, al.; before καί, John 15:9, 1 Corinthians 15:49, 1 John 2:18, al.; οὕτως . . . κ., Luke 24:24; id. with ellipsis of οὕτως, Matthew 21:6, Mark 16:7, Romans 1:13, al.; with other elliptical constructions, John 6:58; 17:21, 22, Acts 15:8, 1 Thessalonians 2:13, 1 Timothy 1:3, 1 John 3:2, 3, 12; καθὼς γέγραπται (Deiss., BS, 249), Matthew 26:24, Mark 9:13, Romans 1:17, al.; introducing subst. clause as object of verb (as in Heb.), Matthew 21:6, Mark 11:6, Luke 5:14, al.; after verbs of speaking, Acts 15:14; of proportion and degree, Mark 4:33, 1 Corinthians 12:11, 18 al.; of time (Nehemiah 5:6, 2Ma.1.31), Acts 7:17.

Hebrew words it translates

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

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

183 total
  1. John 17:11καθὼς · as
    I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, protect them by Your name, the name You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one.
  2. John 17:14καθὼς · just as
    I have given them Your word and the world has hated them. For they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
  3. John 17:16καθὼς · just as
    They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
  4. John 17:18καθὼς · As
    As You sent Me into the world, I have also sent them into the world.
  5. John 17:21καθὼς · as
    …that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
  6. John 17:22καθὼς · as
    I have given them the glory You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one—
  7. John 17:23καθὼς · just as
    I in them and You in Me—that they may be perfectly united, so that the world may know that You sent Me and have loved them just as You have loved Me.
  8. John 19:40καθὼς · according to
    So they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen cloths with the spices, according to the Jewish burial custom.
  9. John 20:21καθὼς · As
    Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.”
  10. Acts 2:4καθὼς · as
    And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
  11. Acts 2:22καθὼς · as
    Men of Israel, listen to this message: Jesus of Nazareth was a man certified by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God did among you through Him, as you yourselves know.
  12. Acts 7:17Καθὼς · As
    As the time drew near for God to fulfill His promise to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased greatly in number.
  13. Acts 7:42καθὼς · as
    But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
  14. Acts 7:44καθὼς · exactly as
    Our fathers had the tabernacle of the Testimony with them in the wilderness. It was constructed exactly as God had directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.
  15. Acts 7:48καθὼς · As
    However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:
  16. Acts 11:29καθὼς · according to
    So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.
  17. Acts 15:8καθὼς · as
    And God, who knows the heart, showed His approval by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as He did to us.
  18. Acts 15:14καθὼς · how
    Simon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own.
  19. Acts 15:15καθὼς · as
    The words of the prophets agree with this, as it is written:
  20. Acts 22:3καθὼς · as
    “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I was just as zealous for God as any of you are today.
  21. Romans 1:13καθὼς · as
    I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, how often I planned to come to you (but have been prevented from visiting until now), in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.
  22. Romans 1:17καθὼς · just as
    For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”
  23. Romans 1:28καθὼς · since
    Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
  24. Romans 2:24καθὼς · As
    As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”
  25. Romans 3:4καθὼς · As
    Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”
  26. Romans 3:8καθὼς · as; καθώς
    Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!
  27. Romans 3:10καθὼς · As
    As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.
  28. Romans 4:17καθὼς · As
    As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.
  29. Romans 8:36καθὼς · As
    As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
  30. Romans 9:13καθὼς · So
    So it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
  31. Romans 9:29καθὼς · [It is] just as
    It is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.”
  32. Romans 9:33καθὼς · as
    …as it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
  33. Romans 10:15καθὼς · As
    And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”
  34. Romans 11:8καθὼς · as
    …as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”
  35. Romans 11:26καθὼς · as
    And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob.
  36. Romans 15:3καθὼς · as
    For even Christ did not please Himself, but as it is written: “The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.”
  37. Romans 15:7καθὼς · as
    Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring glory to God.
  38. Romans 15:9καθὼς · As
    …so that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: “Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles; I will sing hymns to Your name.”
  39. Romans 15:21καθὼς · as
    Rather, as it is written: “Those who were not told about Him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.”
  40. 1 Corinthians 1:6καθὼς · because
    …because our testimony about Christ was confirmed in you.
  41. 1 Corinthians 1:31καθὼς · as
    Therefore, as it is written: “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”
  42. 1 Corinthians 2:9καθὼς · as
    Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”
  43. 1 Corinthians 4:17καθὼς · which is exactly what
    That is why I have sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which is exactly what I teach everywhere in every church.
  44. 1 Corinthians 5:7καθώς · as
    Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
  45. 1 Corinthians 8:2καθὼς · as
    The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.
  46. 1 Corinthians 10:6καθὼς · as
    These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did.
  47. 1 Corinthians 10:7καθώς · as
    Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.”
  48. 1 Corinthians 10:8καθώς · as
    We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.
  49. 1 Corinthians 10:9καθώς · as
    We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.