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

Acts 25:16 I answered them that it was not the custom of the Romans to turn anyone over before the accused has met the accusers face to face (kata | κατά | prep-acc) and had an opportunity to make his defense against the charge.
Acts 25:23 So on the next day when Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the audience hall along with the commanding officers and the prominent men of the city, and when Festus had given the order, Paul was brought in.
Acts 25:27 For it seems unreasonable to me, in sending a prisoner, not to report the charges against (kat | κατ᾿ | prep-gen) him.”
Acts 26:3 especially because you are well acquainted with all the customs and controversies of (kata | κατά | prep-acc) the Jews. Therefore I beg you to listen to me patiently.
Acts 26:5 for they have known from the first, if they are willing to go on record, that I lived as a Pharisee according (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to the strictest party of our religious system.
Acts 26:11 And I punished them often in (kata | κατά | prep-acc) all the synagogues and tried to make them blaspheme; and since I was so vehemently angry at them, I pursued them even to foreign cities.
Acts 26:13 and at midday I saw on (kata | κατά | prep-acc) the way, O king, a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, that shone around me and those who journeyed with me.
Acts 27:2 And embarking on a ship from Adramyttium, which was about to sail to ports along (kata | κατά | prep-acc) the coast of Asia, we put to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica was with us.
Acts 27:5 And when we had sailed across the open sea along (kata | κατά | prep-acc) the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.
Acts 27:7 We sailed slowly for a number of days and arrived with difficulty off (kata | κατά | prep-acc) Cnidus, and as the wind did not allow us to go farther, we sailed under the lee of Crete off (kata | κατά | prep-acc) Salmone.
Acts 27:12 And since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority made a decision to put out to sea from there, if somehow they might be able to reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete, facing both southwest (kata | κατά | prep-acc) and northwest (kata | κατά | prep-acc), and spend the winter there.
Acts 27:14 But soon a violent wind, called the northeaster, rushed down (kat | κατ᾿ | prep-gen) from Crete.
Acts 27:25 So be of good courage, men, for I have faith in God that it will be so, just as (kath | καθ᾿ | prep-acc) it has been told me.
Acts 27:27 And when it was the fourteenth night, as we were being driven about in the Adriatic Sea, about (kata | κατά | prep-acc) midnight the sailors suspected that they were nearing land.
Acts 27:29 Fearing that we might run aground on (kata | κατά | prep-acc) the rocky coast, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for day to come.
Acts 28:16 And when we entered Rome, Paul was allowed to stay by (kath | καθ᾿ | prep-acc) himself, with a soldier guarding him.
Romans 1:3 the gospel concerning his Son, who was descended from David according (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to the flesh,
Romans 1:4 and was designated Son of God with power according (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to the spirit of holiness by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 1:15 So for (kat | κατ᾿ | prep-acc) my part I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.
Romans 2:2 And we know that the judgment of God is according (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to truth with respect to those who practice such things.
Romans 2:5 But because (kata | κατά | prep-acc) of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed,
Romans 2:6 who will give to each person according (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to what he has done:
Romans 2:7 to those who by (kath | καθ᾿ | prep-acc) patiently doing good works seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life;
Romans 2:16 on the day when God judges the secrets of everyone according (kata | κατά | prep-acc) to my gospel through Christ Jesus.
Romans 3:2 Much in (kata | κατά | prep-acc) every way. first of all, they were entrusted with the oracles of God.