Forms of the word

Dictionary
κατά
Greek transliteration
kata
Simplified transliteration
kata

Numbers

Strong's number
2596
GK Number
2848

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
473
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
prep
Gloss
(gen.) against, contrary to, opposed; down, throughout; (acc.) in, by, with, in accordance with, for
Definition
down from, Mt. 8:32; down upon, upon, Mk. 14:3; Acts 27:14; down into; κατὰ βάθους, profound, deepest, 2 Cor. 8:2; down over, throughout a space, Lk. 4:14; 23:5; concerning, in cases of pointed allegation, 1 Cor. 15:15; against, Mt. 12:30; by, in oaths, Mt. 26:63; with an acc. of place, in the quarter of, about, near, at, Lk. 10;32; Acts 2:10; throughout, Lk. 8:39; in, Rom. 16:5; among, Acts 21:21; in the presence of, Lk. 2:31; in the direction of, towards, Acts 8:26; Phil. 3:14; of time, within the range of; during, in the course of, at, about, Acts 12:1; 27:27; distributively, κατ᾿ οἶ\κον, by houses, from house to house, Acts 2:46; kata; duvo, two and two, 1 Cor. 14:27; καθ᾿ ἡμέραν, daily, Mt. 26:55; trop., according to, conformable to, in proportion to, Mt. 9:29; 25:15; after the fashion or likeness of. Heb. 5:6; in virtue of, Mt. 19:3; as respects, Rom. 11:3; Acts 25;14; Heb. 9:9

Greek-English Concordance for κατά

Acts 18:15 But if the questions are about a word and names and your own law, see to it yourselves. I do not wish to be a judge of these matters.”
Acts 19:9 But when some became stubborn and refused to believe, speaking evil of the Way before the congregation, he withdrew from them, taking the disciples with him, and continued daily (kath | καθ᾿ | prep-acc) to discourse in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.
Acts 19:16 And the man in whom was the evil spirit leaped on them, took control and overpowered all seven of (kat | κατ᾿ | prep-gen) them, so that they fled, naked and wounded, out of that house.
Acts 19:20 So the word of the Lord continued to spread and grow in (kata | κατά | prep-acc) power.
Acts 19:23 About (kata | κατά | prep-acc) that time there broke out no little disturbance concerning the Way.
Acts 20:20 how I did not hold back from proclaiming to you anything that would be helpful, and from teaching you publicly from house to house (kat | κατ᾿ | prep-acc),
Acts 20:23 except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me, saying that in (kata | κατά | prep-acc) every (kata | κατά | prep-acc) city imprisonment and persecutions are waiting for me.
Acts 21:19 After he greeted them, he began to relate one by (kath | καθ᾿ | prep-acc) one what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
Acts 21:21 But they were told about you that you are teaching all the Jews who are among (kata | κατά | prep-acc) the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children and not to walk according to our customs.
Acts 21:28 crying out, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who is teaching everyone everywhere against (kata | κατά | prep-gen) our people, our law, and this place. And besides, he even brought Greeks into the temple and has made this holy place unclean.”
Acts 22:3 “I am a Jewish man, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, educated according (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to the strictness of the ancestral law, being zealous for God just as you all are today.
Acts 22:12 “Then a certain Ananias, a devout man according (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to the law, well spoken of by all the Jews who lived there,
Acts 22:19 And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that I used to go from (kata | κατά | prep-acc) one (kata | κατά | prep-acc) synagogue (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to (kata | κατά | prep-acc) another (kata | κατά | prep-acc) imprisoning and flogging those who believed in you.
Acts 23:3 Then Paul said to him, “God is about to strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you indeed sit judging me according (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to the law yet contrary to the law order me to be struck?”
Acts 23:19 The commanding officer took him by the hand, drew him aside (kat | κατ᾿ | prep-acc) and asked, “What is it that you have to report to me?”
Acts 23:31 So the soldiers, according (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to the directions given to them, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.
Acts 24:1 And after five days the high priest Ananias went down with some elders and a prosecuting attorney, one Tertullus; and they laid before the governor their case against (kata | κατά | prep-gen) Paul.
Acts 24:5 For we found this man to be a troublemaker, one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout (kata | κατά | prep-acc) the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
Acts 24:12 and they did not find me arguing with anyone or stirring up a crowd, either in the temple or in the synagogues or in (kata | κατά | prep-acc) the city.
Acts 24:14 But this I confess to you, that according (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to the Way, which they call a sect, thus I worship the God of our fathers, believing all things that are according (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to the Law and written in the Prophets,
Acts 24:22 But Felix, knowing more exactly the facts concerning the Way, put them off, saying, “When Lysias the commanding officer comes down, I will decide your case.” (kath | καθ᾿ | prep-acc)
Acts 25:2 So the chief priests and the Jewish leaders brought formal charges against (kata | κατά | prep-gen) Paul, begging him
Acts 25:3 and asking him to do them a favor against (kat | κατ᾿ | prep-gen) Paul; they urged Festus to transfer him to Jerusalem, for they were forming a plot to kill him along (kata | κατά | prep-acc) the way.
Acts 25:14 Since they were staying there several days, Festus laid Paul’s case (kata | κατά | prep-acc) before the king, saying, “There is a man left by Felix, a prisoner.
Acts 25:15 When I came to Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me about him, asking for a guilty verdict against (kat | κατ᾿ | prep-gen) him.

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