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κατά (κατ᾿, καθ᾽)
Vocabulary form:
κατά
Definition:
gen: against
acc: according to, throughout
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
473
GK:
2848
Cognates:
Cata is a common combining form meaning "down."
Catabasis is the declining stage of a disease.
Catalogue (katavlogoV) is a counting down in the sense of creating a list.
A catastrophe (katastrofhv) is a sudden disaster, a down turn.
Biblical Concordance
| John 8:9 | At this, those who had heard began to leave one by (kath | καθ᾿ | prep-acc) one, starting with the oldest; and Jesus alone was left, with the woman standing before him. |
| John 8:15 | You judge according (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to human standards; I judge no one. |
| John 10:3 | The watchman allows him to enter, and the sheep pay attention to his voice; he calls his own sheep by (kat | κατ᾿ | prep-acc) name and leads them out. |
| John 18:29 | So Pilate came outside to them and said, “What accusation are you bringing against (kata | κατά | prep-gen) this man?” |
| John 18:31 | Then Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves and judge him according (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to your law.” The Jews said to him, “It is not lawful for us to put any one to death.” |
| John 19:7 | The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and according (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to our law he ought to die, because he claimed to be the Son of God.” |
| John 19:11 | Jesus said, “You would have no authority over (kat | κατ᾿ | prep-gen) me at all unless it had been given you from above. That is why the man who handed me over to you has a greater sin.” |
| John 21:25 | Now there are many other things which Jesus did as well; if they were written down one after (kath | καθ᾿ | prep-acc) the other, I imagine that not even the world itself could contain the books that would be written. |
| Acts 2:10 | Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near (kata | κατά | prep-acc) Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, |
| Acts 2:46 | And every (kath | καθ᾿ | prep-acc) day, they continued to gather together in the temple, breaking bread from house to (kat | κατ᾿ | prep-acc) house, sharing their food with joy and simplicity of heart, |
| Acts 2:47 | praising God, and finding favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number day by (kath | καθ᾿ | prep-acc) day those who were being saved. |
| Acts 3:2 | And a man lame from the womb of his mother was being carried, whom they laid daily (kath | καθ᾿ | prep-acc) at the gate of the temple called the “Beautiful Gate” to ask alms from those entering into the temple. |
| Acts 3:13 | The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob — the God of our fathers — glorified his servant Jesus, whom you delivered over and disowned in (kata | κατά | prep-acc) the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release him. |
| Acts 3:17 | And now, brothers, I know that you acted in (kata | κατά | prep-acc) ignorance, as did your rulers as well. |
| Acts 3:22 | Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet from among your brothers, as he raised me. You must obey him in (kata | κατά | prep-acc) all things whatsoever he speaks to you. |
| Acts 4:26 | The kings of the earth took their stand, and the rulers gathered together against (kata | κατά | prep-gen) the Lord and against (kata | κατά | prep-gen) his Messiah.’ |
| Acts 5:42 | And every day, both in the temple and at (kat | κατ᾿ | prep-acc) home, they did not stop teaching and preaching Jesus the Christ. |
| Acts 6:13 | and they set up false witnesses who said, “This man does not stop saying words against (kata | κατά | prep-gen) this holy place and the law, |
| Acts 7:44 | “The tabernacle of witness was with our fathers in the wilderness just as the one who spoke to Moses ordered him to make it according (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to the pattern he had seen. |
| Acts 8:1 | Now Saul was in agreement with his execution. There arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout (kata | κατά | prep-acc) the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. |
| Acts 8:3 | But Saul was making havoc of the church; entering house after (kata | κατά | prep-acc) house, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison. |
| Acts 8:26 | Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, saying, “Rise and go toward (kata | κατά | prep-acc) the south on the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is a desert place. |
| Acts 8:36 | And as they traveled along (kata | κατά | prep-acc) the road they came to some water; and the eunuch said, “Look! Water! What prevents me from being baptized?” |
| Acts 9:31 | So the church throughout (kath | καθ᾿ | prep-gen) all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace; being built up, and walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it increased in number. |
| Acts 9:42 | And it became known throughout (kath | καθ᾿ | prep-gen) all Joppa, and many believed on the Lord. |
| Acts 10:37 | you yourselves know the account that spread throughout (kath | καθ᾿ | prep-gen) all Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John proclaimed, |
| Acts 11:1 | Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout (kata | κατά | prep-acc) Judea heard that the Gentiles too had accepted the word of God. |
| Acts 12:1 | About (kat | κατ᾿ | prep-acc) that time Herod the king set his hand to mistreat some belonging to the church. |
| Acts 13:1 | Now there were in Antioch in (kata | κατά | prep-acc) the local church prophets and teachers, both Barnabas and Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen, the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. |
| Acts 13:22 | After removing him, he raised up David to be their king, of whom he said by way of testimony: ‘I have found in David the son of Jesse a man after (kata | κατά | prep-acc) my heart, who will do everything I want him to.’ |
| Acts 13:23 | It was from the offspring of this man that God according (kat | κατ᾿ | prep-acc) to promise brought to Israel a savior, Jesus. |
| Acts 13:27 | For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because they did not recognize him nor understand the utterances of the prophets, which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him. |
| Acts 14:1 | It came to pass in Iconium that Paul and Barnabas went as (kata | κατά | prep-acc) usual into the synagogue of the Jews and spoke in such a way that a large group of both Jews and Greeks believed. |
| Acts 14:2 | But the Jews who did not believe stirred up and embittered the minds of the Gentiles against (kata | κατά | prep-gen) their brothers. |
| Acts 14:23 | And when they had appointed elders for them in (kat | κατ᾿ | prep-acc) every church, praying with fasting, they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed. |
| Acts 15:11 | But through the grace of the Lord Jesus we believe that we will be saved, in (kath | καθ᾿ | prep-acc) the same way as those also.” |
| Acts 15:21 | For from ancient generations Moses has had in (kata | κατά | prep-acc) every city those who proclaim him, because he is read aloud in the synagogues every (kata | κατά | prep-acc) Sabbath.” |
| Acts 15:23 | writing by their hand, “From the apostles and elders, your brothers, to the Gentile brothers in (kata | κατά | prep-acc) Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, Greetings! |
| Acts 15:36 | And after some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us return indeed and visit the brothers in (kata | κατά | prep-acc) every city in which we announced the word of the Lord to see how they are.” |
| Acts 16:5 | So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and they increased in number daily (kath | καθ᾿ | prep-acc). |
| Acts 16:7 | And when they came to (kata | κατά | prep-acc) Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them, |
| Acts 16:22 | The crowd joined in attacking them, and the magistrates tore the clothes off them and gave orders to beat them with rods. |
| Acts 16:25 | About (kata | κατά | prep-acc) midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. |
| Acts 17:2 | And according (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to Paul’s custom, he went to them and for three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures, |
| Acts 17:11 | These Jews were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with all eagerness, examining the scriptures every (kath | καθ᾿ | prep-acc) day to see if these things were so. |
| Acts 17:17 | So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the worshippers, and in the marketplace every (kata | κατά | prep-acc) day with those who happened to be there. |
| Acts 17:22 | So Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: “Men of Athens, I perceive that in (kata | κατά | prep-acc) every way you are a very devout people. |
| Acts 17:28 | ‘For in him we live and move about and exist,’ as even some of your own (kath | καθ᾿ | prep-acc) poets have said, ‘For we too are his offspring.’ |
| Acts 18:4 | And he reasoned in the synagogue every (kata | κατά | prep-acc) Sabbath and tried to persuade Jews and Greeks. |
| Acts 18:14 | But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of wrongdoing or a serious piece of villainy, O Jews, it would be reasonable (kata | κατά | prep-acc) for me to put up with you. |
Mnemonics
mnemonic
kata as in we're working against catastrophe