Strong G2509καθάπερ
just as
- Transliteration
- kathaper
- Pronunciation
- kath-ap'-er
- Morphology
- Greek Conjunction
Definition
Detailed definition
καθάπερ (for καθ᾽ ἅπερ = καθά) adv.,
[in LXX for אֲשֶׁר, Gen.12:4, Exo.7:6, al.;]
just as, even as: Rom.3:4 4:6 9:13 10:15 11:8 12:4, 1Co.10:10 12:12, 2Co.1:14 3:13 3:18 8:11, 1Th.2:11 3:6 3:12 4:6, Heb.4:2.†
(AS)
[in LXX for אֲשֶׁר, Gen.12:4, Exo.7:6, al.;]
just as, even as: Rom.3:4 4:6 9:13 10:15 11:8 12:4, 1Co.10:10 12:12, 2Co.1:14 3:13 3:18 8:11, 1Th.2:11 3:6 3:12 4:6, Heb.4:2.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2509 appears in 13 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- as10
- even2
- well1
First verses
- Romans 4:6Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
- Romans 12:4For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:
- 1 Corinthians 12:12For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
- 2 Corinthians 1:14As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.
- 2 Corinthians 3:13And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
- 2 Corinthians 3:18But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
- 2 Corinthians 8:11Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:11As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,
- 1 Thessalonians 3:6But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you:
- 1 Thessalonians 3:12And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:
- 1 Thessalonians 4:5Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
- Hebrews 4:2For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
- Hebrews 5:4And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
Included with: 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.)]