For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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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
| Romans 3:5 | But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict wrath on us? (I use a human (kata | κατά | prep-acc) argument!) |
| Romans 4:1 | What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to the flesh, has discovered about this? |
| Romans 4:4 | Now to the one who works, his wages are not credited as (kata | κατά | prep-acc) a gift, but as (kata | κατά | prep-acc) an obligation. |
| Romans 4:16 | For this reason the promise is based on faith, that it may depend (kata | κατά | prep-acc) on grace and be made certain to all his descendants, not only to those who are under the law, but also to those who share the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all. |
| Romans 4:18 | Hoping against hope, Abraham believed that he would become the father of many nations according (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to what had been spoken, “So will your descendants be.” |
| Romans 5:6 | For while we were still helpless, at (kata | κατά | prep-acc) the right time Christ died for the ungodly. |
| Romans 7:13 | Did that which is good, then, become death to me? By no means! But sin, in order that it might be shown to be sin, produced death in me through that which is good so that sin, through the commandment, might be sinful beyond (kath | καθ᾿ | prep-acc) measure |
| Romans 7:22 | For I joyfully agree with the law of God in (kata | κατά | prep-acc) the inner man, |
| Romans 8:4 | so that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to the flesh but according (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to the Spirit. |
| Romans 8:5 | For those who live according (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to the flesh have set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to the Spirit have set their minds on the things of the Spirit. |
| Romans 8:12 | So then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to the flesh, |
| Romans 8:13 | for if you live according (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to the flesh, you will certainly die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. |
| Romans 8:27 | And God, who searches our hearts, knows the desire of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to the will of God. |
| Romans 8:28 | And we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to his purpose, |
| Romans 8:31 | What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against (kath | καθ᾿ | prep-gen) us? |
| Romans 8:33 | Who will bring a charge against (kata | κατά | prep-gen) God’s elect? It is God who justifies. |
| Romans 9:3 | For I could wish that I myself were accursed, cut off from Christ, for the sake of my brethren, my kinsmen according (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to the flesh, |
| Romans 9:5 | To them belong the patriarchs, and from them by (kata | κατά | prep-acc) human descent came the Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen. |
| Romans 9:9 | For this is what the promise said: “About (kata | κατά | prep-acc) this time next year I will return and Sarah will have a son.” |
| Romans 9:11 | even before they were born or had done anything either good or bad so that God’s purpose according (kat | κατ᾿ | prep-acc) to election might stand, |
| Romans 10:2 | For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according (kat | κατ᾿ | prep-acc) to knowledge. |
| Romans 11:2 | God has not repudiated his people whom he foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah, how he pleads with God against (kata | κατά | prep-gen) Israel? |
| Romans 11:5 | So too at the present time there is a remnant, chosen by (kat | κατ᾿ | prep-acc) grace. |
| Romans 11:21 | For if God did not spare the natural (kata | κατά | prep-acc) branches, perhaps he will not spare you either. |
| Romans 11:24 | For if you were cut from what is by (kata | κατά | prep-acc) nature a wild olive tree, and grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural (kata | κατά | prep-acc) branches, be grafted back into their own olive tree? |
| Romans 11:28 | In (kata | κατά | prep-acc) regard to the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but in (kata | κατά | prep-acc) regard to election they are dearly loved for the sake of their forefathers. |
| Romans 12:5 | so we who are many are one body in Christ, and individually (kath | καθ᾿ | prep-acc) members who belong to one another, |
| Romans 12:6 | having gifts that differ according (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to the grace given to us. If your gift is prophecy, then prophesy in (kata | κατά | prep-acc) proportion to your faith; |
| Romans 14:15 | if your brother is being hurt by what you eat, you are no longer walking in (kata | κατά | prep-acc) love. Do not destroy by what you eat that brother for whom Christ died. |
| Romans 14:22 | The faith that you have, keep as (kata | κατά | prep-acc) your own conviction before God. Blessed is the one who has no reason to condemn himself for what he approves. |
| Romans 15:5 | May the God of endurance and encouragement enable you to live in harmony with one another, according (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to Christ Jesus, |
| Romans 16:5 | Also greet the church in (kat | κατ᾿ | prep-acc) their house. Greet my dear friend Epaenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in Asia. |
| Romans 16:25 | Now to him who is able to establish you according (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to the revelation of the mystery that has been kept secret for long ages past, |
| Romans 16:26 | but now is manifested, and by the Scriptures of the prophets, according (kat | κατ᾿ | prep-acc) to the commandment of the eternal God, has been made known to all the nations, leading to obedience of faith; |
| 1 Corinthians 1:26 | Consider your calling, brothers: according (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to (kata | κατά | prep-acc) worldly standards, not many of you were wise, not many were influential, not many were of noble birth. |
| 1 Corinthians 2:1 | When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with (kath | καθ᾿ | prep-acc) excellence of speech or of wisdom as I told you about the secret purpose of God. |
| 1 Corinthians 3:3 | for you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving like (kata | κατά | prep-acc) mere men? |
| 1 Corinthians 3:8 | The one who plants and the one who waters have a common purpose, and each will receive his wages on (kata | κατά | prep-acc) the basis of his work. |
| 1 Corinthians 3:10 | According (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, but someone else is building on it. Let each one take care how he builds on it. |
| 1 Corinthians 4:6 | I have applied all this to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brothers, that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one against (kata | κατά | prep-gen) another. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:6 | This I say by (kata | κατά | prep-acc) way of concession, not of (kat | κατ᾿ | prep-acc) command. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:40 | But in (kata | κατά | prep-acc) my opinion she will be happier if she remains as she is. And I believe that I too have the Spirit of God. |
| 1 Corinthians 9:8 | Am I saying these things from (kata | κατά | prep-acc) a merely human point (kata | κατά | prep-acc) of (kata | κατά | prep-acc) view (kata | κατά | prep-acc)? Or does not the Law say the same? |
| 1 Corinthians 10:18 | Consider Israel according (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to the flesh: are not those who eat the sacrifices sharers in the altar? |
| 1 Corinthians 11:4 | Any man who prays or prophesies with his head covered (kata | κατά | prep-gen) disgraces his head, |
| 1 Corinthians 12:8 | For to one is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge according (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to the same Spirit, |
| 1 Corinthians 12:31 | Set your hearts then on the higher gifts. And now I will show you a way that is beyond (kath | καθ᾿ | prep-acc) comparison. |
| 1 Corinthians 14:27 | If any speak in a tongue, it should be only (kata | κατά | prep-acc) two, or at the most three, and each in turn; and someone must interpret. |
| 1 Corinthians 14:31 | For in this way all will be able to prophesy one by one (kath | καθ᾿ | prep-acc), with the result that all may learn and all be encouraged, |
| 1 Corinthians 14:40 | But everything should be done in a proper and orderly way (kata | κατά | prep-acc). |
Mnemonics
mnemonic
kata as in we're working against catastrophe