Bill Mounce

For an Informed Love of God

κατά (κατ᾿, καθ᾽)

Vocabulary form: 
κατά
Definition: 

gen: against
acc: according to, throughout 

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.

Mnemonics

kata as in we're working against catastrophe

Biblical Concordance

James 3:14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and tell lies against (kata | κατά | prep-gen) the truth.
James 5:9 Do not complain against (kat | κατ᾿ | prep-gen) one another, my brothers, lest you be judged. Look, the judge is standing at the doors.
1 Peter 1:2 elect according to (kata | κατά | prep-acc) the foreknowledge of God the Father by being set apart by the Spirit for obedience and for sprinkling with the blood of Jesus Christ. May grace and peace be yours in ever increasing measure.
1 Peter 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to (kata | κατά | prep-acc) his great mercy gave us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
1 Peter 1:15 but, just as (kata | κατά | prep-acc) the one who called you is holy, so also are you to be holy in all your conduct.
1 Peter 1:17 And if you call upon him as Father who judges impartially according to (kata | κατά | prep-acc) the work of each, conduct yourselves with fear during the time of your exile,
1 Peter 2:11 Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to abstain from desires of the flesh, which wage war against (kata | κατά | prep-gen) your soul,
1 Peter 3:7 Husbands, in the same way, live with them with (kata | κατά | prep-acc) understanding, showing honor to the woman as a weaker vessel, since you are joint heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.
1 Peter 4:6 It was for this very purpose that the gospel was preached to the dead, so that though they were judged as (kata | κατά | prep-acc) men in the flesh, they might live as (kata | κατά | prep-acc) God in the Spirit.
1 Peter 4:19 So then, let those who are suffering according to (kata | κατά | prep-acc) the will of God by doing good entrust their souls to a faithful Creator.
1 Peter 5:2 shepherd the flock of God among you, watching over it — not because you have to, but voluntarily, as (kata | κατά | prep-acc) God would have it; not for shameful gain but eagerly.
2 Peter 2:11 whereas angels, although greater in strength and power, do not bring a slanderous judgment against (kat | κατ᾿ | prep-gen) them before the Lord.
2 Peter 3:3 Above all you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come with scoffing, following their own lusts
2 Peter 3:13 But according (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to (kata | κατά | prep-acc) his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness will be at home.
2 Peter 3:15 And consider the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as also our dear brother Paul wrote to you according to (kata | κατά | prep-acc) the wisdom given to him,
1 John 5:14 And this is the confidence we have as we approach him: that if we ask anything according to (kata | κατά | prep-acc) his will, he hears us.
2 John 1:6 And this is love: that we walk according to (kata | κατά | prep-acc) his commandments. This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.
3 John 1:15 Peace to you. The friends here send you greetings. Greet the friends there by (kat | κατ᾿ | prep-acc) name.
Jude 1:15 to execute judgment on (kata | κατά | prep-gen) all and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly acts that they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against (kat | κατ᾿ | prep-gen) him.”
Jude 1:16 These people are grumblers, malcontents who follow their sinful desires; their speech is arrogant, they flatter others to gain advantage.
Jude 1:18 how they said to you, “In the final age there will be scoffers driven by (kata | κατά | prep-acc) their own ungodly desires.”
Revelation 2:4 But I do have this against (kata | κατά | prep-gen) you, that you have left your first love!
Revelation 2:14 But I have several things against (kata | κατά | prep-gen) you, because you have among you those who follow the teaching of Balaam, the one who instructed Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.
Revelation 2:20 But I have this against (kata | κατά | prep-gen) you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
Revelation 2:23 I will kill her children with a fatal disease. Then all the churches will understand that I am the one who searches minds and hearts; and I will give to each of you according to (kata | κατά | prep-acc) your works.
Revelation 4:8 And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And day or night they never rest, saying: “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is to come!”
Revelation 18:6 Pay her back as she herself has paid back others, and repay her double according to (kata | κατά | prep-acc) her works; in the cup that she mixed, mix a double draught for her.
Revelation 20:12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and the books were opened. Then another book was opened — the Book of Life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to (kata | κατά | prep-acc) their deeds.
Revelation 20:13 And the sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and they were judged, each one according to (kata | κατά | prep-acc) his deeds.
Revelation 22:2 through the middle of the city’s main street. On each side of the river was the tree of life producing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month (kata | κατά | prep-acc). And its leaves were for the healing of the nations.

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