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Lexicon :: Strong's G2531 - kathōs

Aa
καθώς
Transliteration
kathōs (Key)
Pronunciation
kath-oce'
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
182x in 2 unique form(s) TR
182x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
204x in 1 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

καθώς kathṓs, kath-oce'; from G2596 and G5613; just (or inasmuch) as, that:—according to, (according, even) as, how, when.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 182x

The KJV translates Strong's G2531 in the following manner: as (138x), even as (36x), according as (4x), when (1x), according to (1x), how (1x), as well as (with G2532) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 182x
The KJV translates Strong's G2531 in the following manner: as (138x), even as (36x), according as (4x), when (1x), according to (1x), how (1x), as well as (with G2532) (1x).

  1. according as

    1. just as, even as

    2. in proportion as, in the degree that

  2. since, seeing that, agreeably to the fact that

  3. when, after that

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
καθώς kathṓs, kath-oce'; from G2596 and G5613; just (or inasmuch) as, that:—according to, (according, even) as, how, when.
STRONGS G2531:
καθώς (i. e. καθ' ὡς), a particle found occasionally in secular authors from Aristotle down for the Attic καθά and καθό, but emphatically censured by Phryn. and the Atticists; cf. Sturz, De dial. Maced. etc., p. 74ff; Lob. ad Phryn., p. 425f; (Winer's Grammar, 26 (25));
1. according as, just as, even as: in the first member of a comparison, Luke 6:31; 1 John 2:27; followed by οὕτως in the second member (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 53, 5), Luke 11:30; Luke 17:26; John 3:14; 2 Corinthians 1:5; 2 Corinthians 10:7; Colossians 3:13; 1 John 2:6; followed by καί also, John 15:9; John 17:18; John 20:21; 1 John 2:18; 1 John 4:17; 1 Corinthians 15:49; it is annexed to preceding words after the demonstrative οὕτως, Luke 24:24; with οὕτως unexpressed, Matthew 21:6; Matthew 28:6; Mark 16:7; Luke 1:2, 55, 70; Luke 11:1; John 1:23; John 5:23; Acts 10:47 (here L T Tr WH ὡς); Acts 15:8; Romans 1:13; Romans 15:7; 1 Corinthians 8:2; 1 Corinthians 10:6; 2 Corinthians 1:14; 2 Corinthians 9:3; 2 Corinthians 11:12; Ephesians 4:17, and often; καθώς διδάσκω, agreeably to my method of teaching, 1 Corinthians 4:17; καθώς γέγραπται, Matthew 26:24; Mark 9:13; Acts 7:42; Acts 15:15; Romans 1:17, and often in Paul; the apodosis lacking, and to be gathered from the context: καθώς παρεκάλεσα σε... ἐν πίστει, namely, οὕτω καί νῦν παρακαλῶ, 1 Timothy 1:3, cf. Winers Grammar, 570 (530); (Buttmann, 386 (331)); ἤρξατο αἰτεῖσθαι (namely, οὕτω ποιεῖν αὐτοῖς), καθώς κτλ.. Mark 15:8 (Buttmann, § 151, 23 b.; cf. Winer's Grammar, 584 (543f)); in comparison by contrary we find the negligent use: ἀγαπῶμεν ἀλληλου, οὐ καθώς Κάϊν κτλ., 1 John 3:11f, cf. DeWette at the passage and Winer's Grammar, 623 (579); οὗτος ἐστιν ὁ ἄρτος... οὐ καθώς etc., not such as they ate etc., John 6:58. with the verb εἰμί, equivalent to Latin qualis, such as, 1 John 3:2; in a parenthesis, 1 Thessalonians 2:13 (as it is in truth).
2. according as i. e. in proportion as, in the degree that: Mark 4:33; Acts 7:17 (cf. Meyer at the passage); Acts 11:29; 1 Corinthians 12:11, 18; 1 Peter 4:10.
3. since, seeing that, agreeably to the fact that (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 53, 8; 448 (417)): John 17:2; Romans 1:28 (yet here others regard καθώς as corresponsive rather than causal or explanatory); 1 Corinthians 1:6; 1 Corinthians 5:7; Ephesians 1:4; Philippians 1:7.
4. it is put for the simple ὡς,
a. after verbs of speaking, in indirect discourse, Acts 15:14; it serves to add an epexegesis, 3 John 1:3 (to σου τῇ ἀλήθεια).
b. of time, when, after that (cf. Latin ut): 2 Macc. 1:31; (Nehemiah 5:6); here many bring in Acts 7:17; but see 2 above.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Nehemiah
5:6
Matthew
21:6; 26:24; 28:6
Mark
4:33; 9:13; 15:8; 16:7
Luke
1:2; 1:55; 1:70; 6:31; 11:1; 11:30; 17:26; 24:24
John
1:23; 3:14; 5:23; 6:58; 15:9; 17:2; 17:18; 20:21
Acts
7:17; 7:17; 7:42; 10:47; 11:29; 15:8; 15:14; 15:15
Romans
1:13; 1:17; 1:28; 15:7
1 Corinthians
1:6; 4:17; 5:7; 8:2; 10:6; 12:11; 12:18; 15:49
2 Corinthians
1:5; 1:14; 9:3; 10:7; 11:12
Ephesians
1:4; 4:17
Philippians
1:7
Colossians
3:13
1 Thessalonians
2:13
1 Timothy
1:3
1 Peter
4:10
1 John
2:6; 2:18; 2:27; 3:2; 3:11; 4:17
3 John
1:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2531 matches the Greek καθώς (kathōs),
which occurs 182 times in 179 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:11 - Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:3 - We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters,[fn] and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 1:3 - As I urged you when I went into Macedonia, stay there in Ephesus so that you may command certain people not to teach false doctrines any longer

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:7 - So, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear his voice,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:3 - Now we who have believed enter that rest, just as God has said, “So I declared on oath in my anger, ‘They shall never enter my rest.’ ”[fn] And yet his works have been finished since the creation of the world.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:3 - This is why he has to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:25 - not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:12 - And so from this one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:10 - Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:14 - because I know that I will soon put it aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:15 - Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:6 - Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:18 - Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:27 - As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:2 - Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears,[fn] we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:3 - All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:7 - Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:12 - Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:23 - And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:17 - This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Jo 1:4 - It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father commanded us.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Jo 1:6 - And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.

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Unchecked Copy Box3Jo 1:2 - Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.

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Unchecked Copy Box3Jo 1:3 - It gave me great joy when some believers came and testified about your faithfulness to the truth, telling how you continue to walk in it.

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