Strong G2505καθά
as/just as
- Transliteration
- katha
- Pronunciation
- kath-ah'
- Morphology
- Greek Conjunction
Definition
Detailed definition
καθά
adv. (for καθ᾽ ἅ), [in LXX: Gen.7:9 19:8, al. (אֲשֶׁר, כְּ), Isa.58:11, Wis.3:10, al.;]
just as, according as: Mat.27:10 (LXX), Luk.1:2, D (cf. BL, § 78, 1; Phil. Gosp., 8 f.).†
(AS)
adv. (for καθ᾽ ἅ), [in LXX: Gen.7:9 19:8, al. (אֲשֶׁר, כְּ), Isa.58:11, Wis.3:10, al.;]
just as, according as: Mat.27:10 (LXX), Luk.1:2, D (cf. BL, § 78, 1; Phil. Gosp., 8 f.).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2505 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- as1
First verses
- Matthew 27:10And gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord appointed me.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
κᾰθά [θᾰ],
adverb for καθ᾽ ἅ, according as, just as, [LXX+4th c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 12.90.43, 116.27, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 551, “PCair.Zen.” 188.8 (3rd c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.107.10, LXX.Gen.7.9, etc.)]; ὁ κ. παρατεταγμένος σφυγμός the (so to speak) 'regular' pulse (a military metaphor), [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Archigenes Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 8.626.)]
II also καθάπερ, Ionic dialect κατάπερ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Philolaus Philosophus 14, 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 164, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.182, +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 8, “Ec.” 61, “IG” 12.39.42, +others, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 37.16, etc.)]: frequently in legal instruments, ἡ πρᾶξις ἔστω κ. ἐκ δίκης [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“PEleph.” 1.12 (4th c.BC))], etc.: with a participle, like{ὡς},{ἅτε}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 37.54 (nisi to be read καίπερ))]:—strengthened, καθάπερ εἰ (Ionic dialect κατάπερ εἰ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.170))], like as if, exactly as, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 22e, 59e, +others)]; καθάπερ ἄν (for ἐάν) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.41)]; καθάπερ ἂν εἰ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 684c, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 240b10, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.32.2, etc.:)] —μάχαιραν κ. like a knife, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “adversus Christianos - Abh. Berl. Akad.” 31. Cf. καθό, καθώς.)]
adverb for καθ᾽ ἅ, according as, just as, [LXX+4th c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 12.90.43, 116.27, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 551, “PCair.Zen.” 188.8 (3rd c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.107.10, LXX.Gen.7.9, etc.)]; ὁ κ. παρατεταγμένος σφυγμός the (so to speak) 'regular' pulse (a military metaphor), [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Archigenes Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 8.626.)]
II also καθάπερ, Ionic dialect κατάπερ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Philolaus Philosophus 14, 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 164, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.182, +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 8, “Ec.” 61, “IG” 12.39.42, +others, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 37.16, etc.)]: frequently in legal instruments, ἡ πρᾶξις ἔστω κ. ἐκ δίκης [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“PEleph.” 1.12 (4th c.BC))], etc.: with a participle, like{ὡς},{ἅτε}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 37.54 (nisi to be read καίπερ))]:—strengthened, καθάπερ εἰ (Ionic dialect κατάπερ εἰ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.170))], like as if, exactly as, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 22e, 59e, +others)]; καθάπερ ἄν (for ἐάν) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.41)]; καθάπερ ἂν εἰ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 684c, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 240b10, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.32.2, etc.:)] —μάχαιραν κ. like a knife, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “adversus Christianos - Abh. Berl. Akad.” 31. Cf. καθό, καθώς.)]