Vocabulary Form
κατά
Definition

gen: against;
acc: according to

Erasmian
Modern
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.

Biblical Concordance

1 Corinthians 15:3 For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins according (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to the Scriptures,
1 Corinthians 15:4 and that he was buried, and that he has been raised on the third day according (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to the Scriptures,
1 Corinthians 15:15 Beyond that, we are even found to be false witnesses about God, because we have borne witness about (kata | κατά | prep-gen) God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised.
1 Corinthians 15:31 Every (kath | καθ᾿ | prep-acc) day I am in danger of dying! I swear by my boasting in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 Corinthians 15:32 If as (kata | κατά | prep-acc) a mere man I fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.
1 Corinthians 16:2 On (kata | κατά | prep-acc) the first day of the week, each of you should put something aside as he may prosper and save it, so that when I come, collections will not have to be made.
1 Corinthians 16:19 The churches of Asia send their greetings to you. Aquila and Prisca, along with the church that meets in (kat | κατ᾿ | prep-acc) their house, send their special greetings in the Lord.
2 Corinthians 1:8 For we want you to know, brothers, about the affliction we suffered in Asia, that we were burdened excessively (kath | καθ᾿ | prep-acc) beyond our power to cope, so that we despaired even of living.
2 Corinthians 1:17 Therefore when I was planning this, I was not capricious, was I? Or the things I plan, do I plan according (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to the flesh, so that with me it would be “Yes, yes” and “No, no” at the same time?
2 Corinthians 4:13 But since we have the same spirit of faith as that (kata | κατά | prep-acc) which stands written, “I believed; therefore I spoke,” we too believe, and thus we speak,
2 Corinthians 4:17 For our momentary lightness of affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far (kath | καθ᾿ | prep-acc) beyond all comparison,
2 Corinthians 5:16 So from now on we regard no one according (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to the flesh, yet now we regard him in that way no longer.
2 Corinthians 7:9 now I rejoice, not because you were made sad, but because your sadness led to repentance; for you were made sad as (kata | κατά | prep-acc) God intended (kata | κατά | prep-acc), so that in nothing you suffered loss by us.
2 Corinthians 7:10 For sadness as intended (kata | κατά | prep-acc) by God produces a repentance that leads to salvation, leaving no regret; but worldly sadness produces death.
2 Corinthians 7:11 For see what eagerness this very thing — this sadness as (kata | κατά | prep-acc) God intended (kata | κατά | prep-acc) — has produced in you; what defense of yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what deep concern, what punishment! In everything you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.
2 Corinthians 8:2 how that in a severe test of affliction, the fullness of their joy and their extreme (kata | κατά | prep-gen) poverty have overflowed in the richness of their generosity.
2 Corinthians 8:3 For — as I can testify — they gave according to (kata | κατά | prep-acc) their means, and even beyond their means; acting spontaneously,
2 Corinthians 8:8 I am not saying this as (kat | κατ᾿ | prep-acc) an order, but as a way of testing the genuineness of your love by comparison with the eagerness of others.
2 Corinthians 10:1 Now I, Paul myself, appeal to you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ — I who when (kata | κατά | prep-acc) present am “timid” among you, but when away am “bold” toward you.
2 Corinthians 10:2 I ask that when I am present I may not have to be “bold,” with such a confidence as I expect I will dare to use against those who think that we are walking according (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to the flesh.
2 Corinthians 10:3 For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to the flesh,
2 Corinthians 10:5 and every lofty idea that is raised against (kata | κατά | prep-gen) the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obey Christ.
2 Corinthians 10:7 You are looking at (kata | κατά | prep-acc) outward appearances. If anyone has persuaded himself that he belongs to Christ, he should remind himself that just as he belongs to Christ, so also do we.
2 Corinthians 10:13 We, however, will not boast beyond proper limits, but only within (kata | κατά | prep-acc) the measure of the sphere of action which God has assigned to us as a measure, extending even as far as you.
2 Corinthians 10:15 We will not go beyond proper limits by boasting in the labors of others, but we have hope that as your faith continues to grow, our area of activity among you will be greatly enlarged,